Glucose Transporter Type 2
"Glucose Transporter Type 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A glucose transport facilitator that is expressed primarily in PANCREATIC BETA CELLS; LIVER; and KIDNEYS. It may function as a GLUCOSE sensor to regulate INSULIN release and glucose HOMEOSTASIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D051273
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.500.500.750 D12.776.157.530.937.563.750 D12.776.543.585.500.500.750 D12.776.543.585.937.625.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucose Transporter Type 2- Glucose Transporter Type 2
- GLUT-2 Protein
- GLUT 2 Protein
- SLC2A2 Protein
- GLUT2 Protein
- Solute Carrier Family 2, Facilitated Glucose Transporter, Member 2 Protein
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucose Transporter Type 2" by people in Profiles.
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A novel pancreatic ?-cell targeting bispecific-antibody (BsAb) can prevent the development of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice. Clin Immunol. 2014 Jul; 153(1):187-98.
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Molecular adaptations of GLUT1 and GLUT2 in renal proximal tubules of diabetic rats. Am J Physiol. 1994 Feb; 266(2 Pt 2):F283-90.