Juan Carlos Vera

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1 Predicting the three-dimensional structure of the human facilitative glucose transporter glut1 by a novel evolutionary homology strategy: insights on the molecular mechanism of substrate migration, and binding sites for glucose and inhibitory molecules. Biophys J 2004 1.64
2 Differential subcellular distribution of glucose transporters GLUT1-6 and GLUT9 in human cancer: ultrastructural localization of GLUT1 and GLUT5 in breast tumor tissues. J Cell Physiol 2006 1.51
3 Hypothalamic ependymal-glial cells express the glucose transporter GLUT2, a protein involved in glucose sensing. J Neurochem 2003 1.28
4 Carcinomas contain a matrix metalloproteinase-resistant isoform of type I collagen exerting selective support to invasion. Cancer Res 2010 1.26
5 Up-regulation and polarized expression of the sodium-ascorbic acid transporter SVCT1 in post-confluent differentiated CaCo-2 cells. J Biol Chem 2002 1.18
6 Sodium vitamin C cotransporter SVCT2 is expressed in hypothalamic glial cells. Glia 2005 1.10
7 In utero transplantation of adult bone marrow decreases perinatal lethality and rescues the bone phenotype in the knockin murine model for classical, dominant osteogenesis imperfecta. Blood 2009 1.08
8 Recycling of vitamin C by a bystander effect. J Biol Chem 2002 0.95
9 Vitamin C is an essential antioxidant that enhances survival of oxidatively stressed human vascular endothelial cells in the presence of a vast molar excess of glutathione. J Biol Chem 2007 0.94
10 Estrogen and progesterone up-regulate glucose transporter expression in ZR-75-1 human breast cancer cells. Endocrinology 2003 0.93
11 Mechanistic insights and functional determinants of the transport cycle of the ascorbic acid transporter SVCT2. Activation by sodium and absolute dependence on bivalent cations. J Biol Chem 2006 0.91
12 Noncompetitive blocking of human GLUT1 hexose transporter by methylxanthines reveals an exofacial regulatory binding site. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2012 0.91
13 Vitamin C uptake and recycling among normal and tumor cells from the central nervous system. J Neurosci Res 2004 0.87
14 Differential regulation of glucose transporter expression by estrogen and progesterone in Ishikawa endometrial cancer cells. J Endocrinol 2004 0.85
15 Sequential combination of decitabine and idarubicin synergistically enhances anti-leukemia effect followed by demethylating Wnt pathway inhibitor promoters and downregulating Wnt pathway nuclear target. J Transl Med 2014 0.82
16 Glycine receptors involved in synaptic transmission are selectively regulated by the cytoskeleton in mouse spinal neurons. J Neurophysiol 2002 0.79
17 Molecular identification and functional characterization of the vitamin C transporters expressed by Sertoli cells. J Cell Physiol 2008 0.78
18 Histidine residues in the Na+-coupled ascorbic acid transporter-2 (SVCT2) are central regulators of SVCT2 function, modulating pH sensitivity, transporter kinetics, Na+ cooperativity, conformational stability, and subcellular localization. J Biol Chem 2010 0.78
19 Redefining the facilitated transport of mannose in human cells: absence of a glucose-insensitive, high-affinity facilitated mannose transport system. Biochemistry 2005 0.78
20 Essential role of intracellular glutathione in controlling ascorbic acid transporter expression and function in rat hepatocytes and hepatoma cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2012 0.76
21 Differential signalling for enhanced hexose uptake by interleukin (IL)-3 and IL-5 in male germ cells. Biochem J 2004 0.76
22 Nicotinamide is not a substrate of the facilitative hexose transporter GLUT1. Biochemistry 2002 0.75