Koen Veys, Zheng Fan, Moheb Ghobrial, Ann Bouché, Melissa García-Caballero, Kim Vriens, Nadine Vasconcelos Conchinha, Aline Seuwen, Felix Schlegel, Tatiane Gorski, Melissa Crabbé, Paola Gilardoni, Raphaela Ardicoglu, Johanna Schaffenrath, Cindy Casteels, Gino De Smet, Ilse Smolders, Koen Van Laere, E Dale Abel, Sarah-Maria Fendt, Aileen Schroeter, Joanna Kalucka, Anna Rita Cantelmo, Thomas Wälchli, Annika Keller, Peter Carmeliet, Katrien De Bock
Rationale: Endothelial cells (ECs) are highly glycolytic and generate the majority of their energy via the breakdown of glucose to lactate. At the same time, a main role of ECs is to allow the transport of glucose to the surrounding tissues. The facilitative glucose transporter isoform 1 (GLUT1/Slc2a1) is highly expressed in ECs of the central nervous system (CNS), and is often implicated in blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction, but whether and how GLUT1 controls EC metabolism and function is poorly understood...
May 14, 2020: Circulation Research