Juan Carlos Vera

Mammalian facilitative hexose transporters mediate the transport of dehydroascorbic acid

Juan Carlos Vera, Coralia I. Rivas, Jorge Fischbarg et al. · Nature · 1993 · 496 citations

Energy Metabolism, Dehydroascorbic Acid, Biochemistry +9

Vitamin C crosses the blood-brain barrier in the oxidized form through the glucose transporters.

David B. Agus, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, William M. Pardridge et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1997 · 325 citations · Full text

Cerebral Vascular Regulation, Oxidative Stress, Ascorbic Acid +16

Differential subcellular distribution of glucose transporters GLUT1–6 and GLUT9 in human cancer: Ultrastructural localization of GLUT1 and GLUT5 in breast tumor tissues

Alejandro Godoy, Viviana Ulloa, Federico Rodríguez et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology · 2006 · 269 citations · Full text

Human Monocarboxylate Transporter 2 (MCT2) Is a High Affinity Pyruvate Transporter

Reigh-Yi Lin, Juan Carlos Vera, R. S. K. Chaganti et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1998 · 211 citations · Full text

Expression of the fructose transporter GLUT5 in human breast cancer.

S. Pilar Zamora-León, David W. Golde, Ilona I. Concha et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 209 citations · Full text

High-affinity Fructose Transporter, Breast Oncology, Fructose Transporter Glut5 +12