Glucose transporters (GLUT and SGLT): expanded families of sugar transport proteins

PHYLIP-Phylogeny inference package (Version 3.2)

1989 • 17,674 citations

Sequence and Structure of a Human Glucose Transporter

1985 • 1,557 citations

Glucose Transporters and Insulin Action — Implications for Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Mellitus

1999 • 1,270 citations

Adipose-selective targeting of the GLUT4 gene impairs insulin action in muscle and liver

2001 • 1,202 citations

Regulated transport of the glucose transporter GLUT4

2002 • 1,154 citations

Facilitative glucose transporters

1994 • 1,103 citations

Expression cloning and cDNA sequencing of the Na+/glucose co-transporter

1987 • 995 citations

Molecular cloning and characterization of an insulin-regulatable glucose transporter

1989 • 919 citations

Targeted disruption of the glucose transporter 4 selectively in muscle causes insulin resistance and glucose intolerance

2000 • 733 citations

The extended GLUT-family of sugar/polyol transport facilitators: nomenclature, sequence characteristics, and potential function of its novel members

2001 • 692 citations

The human kidney low affinity Na+/glucose cotransporter SGLT2. Delineation of the major renal reabsorptive mechanism for D-glucose.

1994 • 598 citations

Renal Na⁺-glucose cotransporters

2001 • 558 citations

Cardiac and adipose tissue abnormalities but not diabetes in mice deficient in GLUT4

1995 • 478 citations

Cloning and characterization of the major insulin-responsive glucose transporter expressed in human skeletal muscle and other insulin-responsive tissues

1989 • 476 citations

Evidence for a family of human glucose transporter-like proteins. Sequence and gene localization of a protein expressed in fetal skeletal muscle and other tissues.

1988 • 428 citations

Sequence, tissue distribution, and chromosomal localization of mRNA encoding a human glucose transporter-like protein.

1988 • 426 citations

Redefining Type 2 diabetes: ‘Diabesity’ or ‘Obesity Dependent Diabetes Mellitus’?

2000 • 416 citations

Nomenclature of the GLUT/SLC2A family of sugar/polyol transport facilitators

2002 • 406 citations

Human facilitative glucose transporters. Isolation, functional characterization, and gene localization of cDNAs encoding an isoform (GLUT5) expressed in small intestine, kidney, muscle, and adipose tissue and an unusual glucose transporter pseudogene-like sequence (GLUT6).

1990 • 389 citations

Glucose/galactose malabsorption caused by a defect in the Na+/glucose cotransporter

1991 • 373 citations

GLUT4 heterozygous knockout mice develop muscle insulin resistance and diabetes

1997 • 359 citations

Expression of human glucose transporters in Xenopus oocytes: kinetic characterization and substrate specificities of the erythrocyte, liver, and brain isoforms

1991 • 298 citations

GLUT8 is a glucose transporter responsible for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in the blastocyst

2000 • 298 citations

GLUT8, a Novel Member of the Sugar Transport Facilitator Family with Glucose Transport Activity

2000 • 258 citations

Homology of the human intestinal Na+/glucose and Escherichia coli Na+/proline cotransporters.

1989 • 241 citations

GLUTX1, a Novel Mammalian Glucose Transporter Expressed in the Central Nervous System and Insulin-sensitive Tissues

2000 • 230 citations

Identification of a mammalian H+-myo-inositol symporter expressed predominantly in the brain

2001 • 226 citations

Identification of a novel glucose transporter-like protein—GLUT-12

2002 • 217 citations

Membrane Topology Motifs in the SGLT Cotransporter Family

1997 • 210 citations

Human intestinal glucose transporter expression and localization of GLUT5

1992 • 186 citations

The role of N-glycosylation of GLUT1 for glucose transport activity.

1991 • 173 citations

Activity and genomic organization of human glucose transporter 9 (GLUT9), a novel member of the family of sugar-transport facilitators predominantly expressed in brain and leucocytes

2000 • 168 citations

Cloning of a human kidney cDNA with similarity to the sodium-glucose cotransporter

1992 • 160 citations

Sequence and Functional Analysis of GLUT10: A Glucose Transporter in the Type 2 Diabetes-Linked Region of Chromosome 20q12–13.1

2001 • 157 citations

Molecular Cloning of a Novel Member of the GLUT Family of Transporters, SLC2A10 (GLUT10), Localized on Chromosome 20q13.1: A Candidate Gene for NIDDM Susceptibility

2001 • 155 citations

Cloning and expression of a mammalian Na+/amino acid cotransporter with sequence similarity to Na+/glucose cotransporters.

1993 • 136 citations

Mammalian ion‐coupled solute transporters.

1995 • 118 citations

Characterization of human glucose transporter (GLUT) 11 (encoded by SLC2A11), a novel sugar-transport facilitator specifically expressed in heart and skeletal muscle

2001 • 115 citations

Targeting of GLUT6 (formerly GLUT9) and GLUT8 in rat adipose cells

2001 • 110 citations

Human Small Intestine Facilitative Fructose/Glucose Transporter (GLUT5) Is Also Present in Insulin-Responsive Tissues and Brain: Investigation of Biochemical Characteristics and Translocation

1992 • 97 citations

SAAT1 is a low affinity Na+/glucose cotransporter and not an amino acid transporter. A reinterpretation.

1994 • 96 citations

Characterization of human glucose transporter (GLUT) 11 (encoded by SLC2A11), a novel sugar-transport facilitator specifically expressed in heart and skeletal muscle

2001 • 84 citations

Targeting of GLUT6 (formerly GLUT9) and GLUT8 in rat adipose cells

2001 • 77 citations

Fructose uptake in rat adipocytes: GLUT5 expression and the effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes

1998 • 73 citations

The metabolic consequences of altered glucose transporter expression in transgenic mice

1996 • 60 citations

Glucose transporters (GLUTs 1–4) and their mRNAs in regions of the rat brain: insulin-sensitive transporter expression in the cerebellum

1994 • 58 citations

Cloning and characterization of glucose transporter 11, a novel sugar transporter that is alternatively spliced in various tissues

2002 • 46 citations

Molecular Cloning of a Member of the Facilitative Glucose Transporter Gene Family GLUT11 (SLC2A11) and Identification of Transcription Variants

2001 • 37 citations

Strategy for identification of novel glucose transporter family members by using internet-based genomic databases

2000 • 30 citations

FRUCTOSE METABOLISM IN ADIPOSE TISSUE

1972 • 25 citations

Comparison of glucose and fructose transport into adipocytes of the rat

1982 • 23 citations