“…GLUTl, first identified in erythrocytes, appears on the other hand to be widely distributed and probably accounts for basal uptake of glucose in most tissues. Insulin as well as IGF-I have also been reported to enhance glucose transport in various cell lines by a similar translocation of GLUT1, although the effect is far less striking than for GLUT4 (Yang et al, 1992;Arbuckle et al, 1994).…”