The monocarboxylate transporter family-Role and regulation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-119

  Halestrap, Andrew P ^a   Wilson, Marieangela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basigin; cancer; cell cycle; hypoxia; lactate; MCT; metabolism; pyruvate

Indexed keywords

CD147 ANTIGEN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 1; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 2; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 3; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 4; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 8; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; THYROID HORMONE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL ENERGY; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED HYPERINSULINEMIA; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR CELL; WATER TRANSPORT; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD147; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863397848     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.572     Document Type: Review

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