 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.
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D051273
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.500.500.750 D12.776.543.585.500.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucose Transporter Type 2- Glucose Transporter Type 2
- Solute Carrier Family 2, Facilitated Glucose Transporter, Member 2 Protein
- SLC2A2 Protein
- GLUT-2 Protein
- GLUT 2 Protein
- GLUT2 Protein
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 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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Notari L, Riera DC, Sun R, Bohl JA, McLean LP, Madden KB, van Rooijen N, Vanuytsel T, Urban JF, Zhao A, Shea-Donohue T. Role of macrophages in the altered epithelial function during a type 2 immune response induced by enteric nematode infection. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e84763.
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Sumara G, Sumara O, Kim JK, Karsenty G. Gut-derived serotonin is a multifunctional determinant to fasting adaptation. Cell Metab. 2012 Nov 7; 16(5):588-600.
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Nathan JD, Zdankiewicz PD, Wang J, Spector SA, Aspelund G, Jena BP, Seymour NE, Geibel JP, Andersen DK. Impaired hepatocyte glucose transport protein (GLUT2) internalization in chronic pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2001 Mar; 22(2):172-8.
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