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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825085903321

Titolo

Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes : Expression, Distribution and Functional Regulation of GLUT Isoforms by Hypoxia, Hypoxia Mimetics, Growth Factors and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines / / by Ali Mobasheri, Carolyn A. Bondy, Kelle Moley, Alexandrina Ferreira Mendes, Susana Carvalho Rosa, Stephen Richardson, Judith A Hoyland, Richard Barrett-Jolley, Mehdi Shakibaei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2008

ISBN

3-540-78899-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (vi, 88 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, , 2192-7065 ; ; 200

Altri autori (Persone)

MobasheriA (Ali)

Disciplina

612.75

613.283

Soggetti

Medicine - Research

Biology - Research

Orthopedics

Endocrinology

Biomedical Research

Orthopaedics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Articular cartilage is a unique and highly specialized avascular connective tissue in which the availability of oxygen and glucose is



significantly lower than synovial fluid and plasma. Glucose is an essential source of energy during embryonic growth and fetal development and is vital for mesenchymal cell differentiation, chondrogenesis and skeletal morphogenesis. Glucose is an important metabolic fuel for differentiated chondrocytes during post-natal development and in adult articular cartilage and is a common structural precursor for the synthesis of extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycans.