Glucose transporters and sodium glucose co-transporters cooperatively import glucose into energy-demanding organs in carcinogenic liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis.

• Main Authors: Fuhong Dai (Author), Soon-Ok Lee (Author), Jin-Ho Song (Author), Won-Gi Yoo (Author), Eun-Hee Shin (Author), Xuelian Bai (Author), Sung-Jong Hong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>The liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis imports large amounts of glucose to generate energy and metabolic intermediates through glycolysis. We hypothesized that C. sinensis absorbs glucose through glucose transporters and identified four subtypes of glucose transporter (Cs...