The SLC23 family of ascorbate transporters: Ensuring that you get and keep your daily dose of vitamin C

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1793-1801

  May, James M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anion transport; oxidative stress; SVCT1; SVCT2

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ASCORBIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SODIUM DEPENDENT ASCORBIC ACID TRANSPORTER; SODIUM DEPENDENT ASCORBIC ACID TRANSPORTER 1; SODIUM DEPENDENT ASCORBIC ACID TRANSPORTER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SODIUM-COUPLED VITAMIN C TRANSPORTERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 81355134502     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01350.x     Document Type: Review

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