Research progress on the role of endometrial glucose transporters in embryo implantation

doi:10.16352/j.issn.1001-6325.2023.06.1002

Abstract

Abstract: Glucose transporters are important carriers that mediate glucose transport across cell membranes, including facilitated diffusion glucose transporters (GLUTs), sodium glucose co transporters (SGLTs), and a class of glucose transporters SWEETs that have not been extensively studied. Glucose uptake and utilization of endometrial epithelial cells during implantation can ensure normal implant-related functional activities. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the role of glucose transporter in embryo implantation in order to further reveal the mechanism of embryo implantation and provide new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of female infertility and early abortion caused by implantation failure.

Key words: endometrium, glucose transporter, embryo implantation

CLC Number:

R339.22

ZHANG Lixue, LI Changxing. Research progress on the role of endometrial glucose transporters in embryo implantation[J]. Basic & Clinical Medicine, 2023, 43(6): 1003-1007.

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