Neferine Promotes GLUT4 Expression and Fusion With the Plasma Membrane to Induce Glucose Uptake in L6 Cells

• Main Authors: Ping Zhao (Author), Di Tian (Author), Guanjun Song (Author), Qian Ming (Author), Jia Liu (Author), Jinhua Shen (Author), Qing-Hua Liu (Author), Xinzhou Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) is involved in regulating glucose uptake in striated muscle, liver, and adipose tissue. Neferine is a dibenzyl isoquinoline alkaloid derived from dietary lotus seeds and has multiple pharmacological effects. Therefore, this study investigated neferine's role in glu...