“…SGLTs are capable to take up glucose into the tumor cell even against a high chemical gradient (Ganapathy et al, 2009). Several tumor entities such as colorectal, pancreatic, lung, head and neck, prostate, kidney, cervical, mammary, and bladder cancer as well as chondrosarcomas and leukemia have indeed been shown to up-regulate SGLTs (Nelson and Falk, 1993; Ishikawa et al, 2001; Helmke et al, 2004; Casneuf et al, 2008; Weihua et al, 2008; Yu et al, 2008; Leiprecht et al, 2011; Wright et al, 2011). The inwardly directed Na + gradient and the voltage across the plasma membrane drive the electrogenic SGLT-generated glucose transport into the cell.…”