Glucose transporters in the uterus: An analysis of tissue distribution and proposed physiological roles

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-220

  Frolova, Antonina I ^a   Moley, Kelle H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 10; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 12; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 6; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 8; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL TYPE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

MURINAE;

EID: 79960648977     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0114     Document Type: Review

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