Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes : Expression, Distribution and Functional Regulation of GLUT Isoforms by Hypoxia, Hypoxia Mimetics, Growth Factors and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mobasheri, Ali. (Author), Bondy, Carolyn A. (Author), Moley, Kelle. (Author), Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira. (Author), Carvalho Rosa, Susana. (Author), Richardson, Stephen. (Author), Hoyland, Judith A. (Author), Barrett-Jolley, Richard. (Author), Shakibaei, Mehdi. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 200
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Table of Contents:
  • Articular Cartilage: Structure, Function, and Pathophysiology
  • Does Arthritis Have a Nutritional Etiology?
  • Metabolic Dysfunction in Arthritis
  • Glucose: An Essential Metabolite and Structural Precursor for Articular Cartilage
  • Mammalian Sugar Transporter Families: GLUT and SGLT
  • Molecular Diversity of Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes
  • Regulation of Glucose Transport by Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
  • Glucose Transporters in the Intervertebral Disc
  • Glucose Transporter Expression and Regulation in Embryonic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  • Concluding Remarks.