Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 44, Issue 12 , Pages 1553-1558 , December 1995

Glucose regulation of glucose transporters in cultured adult and fetal hepatocytes

  • Qingjun Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Children's Service, and the Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Lynne L. Levitsky

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lynne L. Levitsky, MD, Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Bartlett 4X,, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman St, Boston, MA 02114.
    • Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Children's Service, and the Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Kathy Mink

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Children's Service, and the Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • David B. Rhoads

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Children's Service, and the Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 16 November 1994 ,Accepted 11 March 1995.

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☆ Supported in part by Grant No. DK-01392-34 (to K.J. Isselbacher) and a grant from Eli Lilly (L.L.L.).

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Volume 44, Issue 12 , Pages 1553-1558 , December 1995

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