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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Does hyperglycemia downregulate glucose transporters in the brain?
Authors: Luana Lemos Leão
Gro Tangen
Maria Lage Barca
Knut Engedal
Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos
Frederico Sander Mansur Machado
Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula
Renato Sobral Monteiro Júnior
Abstract: Diabetes is a metabolic condition associated with hyperglycemia manifested by the elevation of blood glucose levels occurring when the pancreas decreases or stops the production of insulin, in case of insulin resistance or both. The current literature supports that insulin resistance may be responsible for the memory decline associated with diabetes. Glucose transporters (GLUTs) are a family of proteins involved in glucose transport across biological membranes. GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 are involved in glucose delivery to the brain. Evidence suggests that both transporters are downregulated in chronic peripheral hyperglycemia. Here we show the mechanisms of glucose transport and its influence on cognitive function, including a hypothesis of how peripheral hyperglycemia related genes network interactions may lead to glucose transporters downregulation and its possible consequences.
Subject: Hiperglicemia
Diabetes
Insulina
Resistência à insulina
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109614
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/45006
Issue Date: Jun-2020
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987719314422
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Medical Hypotheses
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