Regulation of vitamin C homeostasis during deficiency

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2860-2879

  Lindblad, Maiken ^a   Tveden Nyborg, Pernille ^a   Lykkesfeldt, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glucose transporters (GLUTs); Regulation of transport; Sodium dependent vitamin C transporters; SVCT1 and SVCT2; Vitamin C transport

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM ASCORBIC ACID COTRANSPORTER; SODIUM DEPENDENT VITAMIN C TRANSPORTER 1; SODIUM DEPENDENT VITAMIN C TRANSPORTER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID METABOLISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOICHIOMETRY; SVCT1 GENE; SVCT2 GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 84880802348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5082860     Document Type: Review

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