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

• Main Authors: Mobasheri, Ali (Author), Bondy, Carolyn A. (Author), Moley, Kelle (Author), Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira (Author), Rosa, Susana Carvalho (Author), Richardson, Stephen M. (Author), Hoyland, Judith A. (Author), Barrett-Jolley, Richard (Author), Shakibaei, Mehdi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 200
• Subjects: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Orthopedics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

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.