Facilitative glucose transporters in articular chondrocytes : expression, distribution and functional regulation of GLUT isoforms by hypoxia, hypoxia mimetics, growth factors and pro-inflammatory cytokines / Ali Mobasheri [and others].

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 mesenchyma...

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Other Authors: Mobasheri, A. (Ali) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer Verlag, 2008.
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; 200.
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