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Glucose transporters in diabetic nephropathy.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Apr 2005
Brosius Frank C, Heilig Charles W
Abstract excerpt
Changes in glucose transporter expression in glomerular cells occur early in diabetes. These changes, especially the GLUT1 increase in mesangial cells, appear to play a pathogenic role in the development of ECM expansion and perhaps other features of diabetic nephropathy. In addition, it appears...
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