Facilitative Glucose Transporters

Download or read book Facilitative Glucose Transporters written by Gwyn W. Gould and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-03-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive text covering the major aspects of the cell and molecular biology of the facilitative glucose transporter family. The text reviews the biology and function of each family member, covers structure-function studies, the regulation of glucose transport by insulin and the consequence of diabetes and insulin resistance, discusses aspects of cellular signalling which control glucose transport, reviews the control of expression and function of GLUT2 in liver and pancreatic beta-cells, and reviews the effects of nutrients on the control of sugar transporter expression.