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  #1

WHERE it is located??
and its transport to the membrane is stimulated by-----??

  #2

muscle and adipose ts
insulin stimulates glucose uptake by glut 4

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  #3

what is the effect of exercise on GLUT 4??

  #4

Exercise increases GLUT4 on skeletal muscles

  #5

What else increases glut 4 receptors? What about glut 1 receptors? Where to find?

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  #6

"Quinn" wrote:
Where to find?


RBCs is main cell. Also in colon and placenta. Even brain :shock: GLUT 3 is most famous for brain, since it's insulin-independent. I don't know if GLUT 1 is insulin-independent or not, though.

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  #7

glut1 rbcs, brain neurons, kidney ,colon
glut2 liver and beta panc cells, basolat surface of SI
glut3 neurons , placenta, testes
glut 4 sk ms and adipose ts

glut5 SI, testes and sperm(fr fructose uptake)
only sk ms and adipose ts(i.e glut 4) r insulin dep fr glucose uptake

HENRI C r insulin independant
Hepatocytes
Erythrocytes
Neurons
Renal cells
Itestinal eithelial cells
Cornea

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  #8

What is SI mash??

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  #9

small intestine

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