Chemicals and Drugs

Glucose Transporter Type 1

A ubiquitously expressed glucose transporter that is important for constitutive, basal GLUCOSE transport. It is predominately expressed in ENDOTHELIAL CELLS and ERYTHROCYTES at the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and is responsible for GLUCOSE entry into the BRAIN.

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Abstract

A ubiquitously expressed glucose transporter that is important for constitutive, basal GLUCOSE transport. It is predominately expressed in ENDOTHELIAL CELLS and ERYTHROCYTES at the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and is responsible for GLUCOSE entry into the BRAIN.

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  • Erythrocyte Glucose Transporter
  • GLUT-1 Protein
  • GLUT1 Protein
  • SLC2A1 Protein
  • Solute Carrier Family 2, Facilitated Glucose Transporter, Member 1 Protein
  • GLUT 1 Protein
  • Glucose Transporter, Erythrocyte

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2006(1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Glucose Transporter Type 1. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051272. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051272
  2. Glucose Transporter Type 1. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24722601