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 D12.776.543.585.500.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucose Transporter Type 2- Glucose Transporter Type 2
- GLUT2 Protein
- Solute Carrier Family 2, Facilitated Glucose Transporter, Member 2 Protein
- GLUT-2 Protein
- GLUT 2 Protein
- SLC2A2 Protein
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Lane RH, Crawford SE, Flozak AS, Simmons RA. Localization and quantification of glucose transporters in liver of growth-retarded fetal and neonatal rats. Am J Physiol. 1999 01; 276(1):E135-42.