TY - CHAP
T1 - Glucose
T2 - An essential metabolite and structural precursor for articular cartilage
AU - Mobasheri, Ali
AU - Bondy, Carolyn A.
AU - Moley, Kelle
AU - Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira
AU - Rosa, Susana Carvalho
AU - Richardson, Stephen M.
AU - Hoyland, Judith A.
AU - Barrett-Jolley, Richard
AU - Shakibaei, Mehdi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Glucose is an important metabolite for all living cells and with other simple sugars and related molecules derived from these sugars it provides sources of readily available energy for cells. Sugars also provide basic carbon skeletons for the biosynthesis of other macromolecules. These include proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex storage polysaccharides (glycogen). Furthermore, hexose sugars are building blocks of glycoproteins such as cartilage-specific proteoglycans. In addition to their role as structural components of the cartilage ECM (Fig. 4), proteoglycans also fulfil adhesive and informational functions.
AB - Glucose is an important metabolite for all living cells and with other simple sugars and related molecules derived from these sugars it provides sources of readily available energy for cells. Sugars also provide basic carbon skeletons for the biosynthesis of other macromolecules. These include proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex storage polysaccharides (glycogen). Furthermore, hexose sugars are building blocks of glycoproteins such as cartilage-specific proteoglycans. In addition to their role as structural components of the cartilage ECM (Fig. 4), proteoglycans also fulfil adhesive and informational functions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51049119029&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-78899-7_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-78899-7_5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:51049119029
SN - 9783540788980
T3 - Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology
SP - 19
EP - 22
BT - Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes
A2 - Mobasheri, Ali
A2 - Bondy, Carolyn
A2 - Moley, Kelle
A2 - Ferreira Mendes, Alexandrina
A2 - Carvalho Rosa, Susana
A2 - Richardson, Stephen
A2 - Hoyland, Judith
A2 - Barrett-Jolley, Richard
A2 - Shakibaei, Mehdi
ER -