Glucose transporters SGLTs (sodium-dependent glucose transporters) are one of the three identified families of ...
September 10, 2024
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August 27, 2024
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The glucose transporters SWEETs is a relatively recent discovery about which not much is ...
August 13, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences Glucose transporters (GLUTs) and sodium–glucose linked transporters (SGLTs) are the regulatory ...
June 18, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences Levodopa + carbidopa and copper interactions are quite complex and not ...
June 4, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences The interdependence of copper-iron interactions, and their importance in health management, ...
May 13, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences Levodopa + carbidopa and iron interactions are both complex and extensive. ...
April 23, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences Drug-induced tipping points and health management strategies are an unlikely combination ...
April 9, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences Levodopa + carbidopa and thiamine encompass a range of interactions that ...
March 18, 2024
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Levodopa + carbidopa and vitamin C encompass a range of interactions that include both ...
March 4, 2024
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The levodopa + carbidopa and vitamin D interaction is apparently additive however the evidence ...
February 19, 2024
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Levodopa + carbidopa and zinc interactions are a surprisingly relatively recent finding. Mechanisms and ...
February 5, 2024
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Mechanisms and consequences Is there evidence of a levodopa + carbidopa and manganese interaction? ...
January 29, 2024
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The levodopa + carbidopa, magnesium and vitamin C interaction has only recently gained recognition. ...
December 19, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences Interactions between aspirin and various nutrients have been identified over a ...
December 13, 2023
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An aspirin-folic acid interaction was a recent “incidental finding” from a pooled analysis of ...
December 4, 2023
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The aspirin-vitamin C interaction was discovered in the early 1970’s. Mechanisms and consequences The ...
November 27, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences Osmolality seems to be a rarely-considered contributor to a range of ...
October 16, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences Not to be crushed, chewed, broken or dissolved and its many ...
October 3, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences Excipients are the ingredients that comprise about 90% of a medicine ...
September 18, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences “Not clinically relevant”, “inhibition unlikely at therapeutic interventions”, “clinical inhibition deemed ...
September 11, 2023
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The side effects of many prescribed medicines include altered glycaemic status which is associated ...
August 1, 2023
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Multidrug resistance proteins (MRPs) are efflux transporters and as such are responsible for the ...
July 24, 2023
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Guest case study Guest case study - hypercalcaemia is based on a question from ...
July 10, 2023
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OATs (Organic Anion Transporters) are primarily influx transporters albeit some are bidirectional. Mechanisms and consequences ...
June 26, 2023
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OATPs (Organic Anion Transporting Proteins) are influx transporters ie transport substrates from blood into ...
June 12, 2023
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Permeability-glycoprotein is known as P-glycoprotein or P-gp or multidrug resistance protein (MDR1/2). Mechanisms and ...
May 29, 2023
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The Sodium Vitamin C Transporters (SVCTs) regulate vitamin C homeostasis (system stability) such that ...
May 22, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences MATE1/2 (Multi drug and toxin exclusion transporters MATE1 and MATE2) are ...
May 15, 2023
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BCRP (Breast Cancer Resistance Protein) seems to be an initial defence against environmental insults ...
May 8, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences The thiamine transporters Thiamine Transporter 1 (THTR1) and Thiamine Transporter 2 ...
