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Glucose Transporters

Glucose transporters are membrane proteins that move glucose across the cell membrane, a step that is essential because glucose is too large and polar to cross the lipid bilayer on its own. Two main families carry out this task: the GLUT family of facilitative transporters, which allow glucose to move down its conce…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 9× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2572-5424 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Glucose transporters are membrane proteins that move glucose across the cell membrane, a step that is essential because glucose is too large and polar to cross the lipid bilayer on its own. Two main families carry out this task: the GLUT family of facilitative transporters, which allow glucose to move down its concentration gradient, and the sodium-glucose cotransporters, which use the energy of a sodium gradient to take up glucose against its gradient in tissues such as the intestine and kidney. Different transporter types are distributed across tissues according to their roles, and some, such as the insulin-responsive transporter in muscle and fat, are regulated by hormones to match glucose uptake to the body's needs. Glucose transporters are central to glucose metabolism and energy supply, and changes in their expression or activity are linked to diabetes, cancer, and neurological disease, making them important drug targets, including the sodium-glucose cotransporter inhibitors used to lower blood glucose. These themes fall within the journal's scope on Glycomics And Metabolism. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to glucose transporters and the cellular uptake and handling of glucose.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Adaptive Contribution of Thyroid Hormones in Obesity

Ozcelik FatihCorresponding author
University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey
Exact topic International Journal of Negative Results Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-18-2530

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 9 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Glucose Transporters, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Glycomics And Metabolism (ISSN 2572-5424).

Journal editorial board
Bassam Elgamoudi · Australia Carola Parolin · Italy Giuseppe Maurizio Campo · Italy

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.