Impaired glucose transporter-1 degradation and increased glucose transport and oxidative stress in response to high glucose in chondrocytes from osteoarthritic versus normal human cartilage
INTRODUCTION: Disorders that affect glucose metabolism, namely diabetes mellitus (DM), may favor the development and/or progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Thus far, little is known regarding the ability of chondrocytes to adjust to variations in the extracellular glucose concentration, resulting fr...
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Language: | eng |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1180 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/1180 |