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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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 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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Autoimmune activation of the GnRH receptor induces insulin resistance independent of obesity in a female rat model. Physiol Rep. 2021 01; 8(24):e14672.
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Ferulic acid regulates hepatic GLUT2 gene expression in high fat and fructose-induced type-2 diabetic adult male rat. Eur J Pharmacol. 2015 Aug 15; 761:391-7.
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Perinatal exposure to a high-fat diet is associated with reduced hepatic sympathetic innervation in one-year old male Japanese macaques. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e48119.