Chapter 17. The Transport of Glucose and other Sugars Across Cell Membranes and the Effect of Insulin

  1. G. E. W. Wolstenholme O.B.E., M.A., M.B., B.Ch.,
  2. Cecilia M. O'Connor B.Sc.
  1. C. R. Park,
  2. R. L. Post,
  3. C. F. Kalman,
  4. J. H. Wright Jr.,
  5. L. H. Johnson,
  6. H. E. Morgan

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470718971.ch17

Book Title

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Internal Secretions of the Pancreas (Colloquia on Endocrinology), Volume 9

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Internal Secretions of the Pancreas (Colloquia on Endocrinology), Volume 9

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Park, C. R., Post, R. L., Kalman, C. F., Wright, J. H., Johnson, L. H. and Morgan, H. E. (2008) The Transport of Glucose and other Sugars Across Cell Membranes and the Effect of Insulin, in Ciba Foundation Symposium - Internal Secretions of the Pancreas (Colloquia on Endocrinology), Volume 9 (eds G. E. W. Wolstenholme and C. M. O'Connor), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470718971.ch17

Author Information

  1. Department of Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 30 MAY 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 1956

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470722404

Online ISBN: 9780470718971

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Keywords:

  • glucose;
  • sugars;
  • cell membranes;
  • insulin;
  • erythrocyte

Summary

This Chapter Contains Section Title:

  • The Effect of Insulin on the Membrane Transport of Glucose and Other Sugars in Muscle and Brain

  • General Description of the Experimental Procedure

  • Insulin Effect on the Transport of Glucose Analogues in Muscle

  • Effect of Insulin on Glucose Transport in Muscle

  • Effect of Insulin on Monosaccharide Transport in the Brain

  • Membrane Transport of Glucose in the Rabbit Erythrocyte

  • A model of Membrane Transport

  • Inward and Outward Transport as a Function of Glucose Concentration

  • Competition Among Sugars for the Transport System

  • Concluding Remarks

  • References

  • Discussion

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