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Symbol SLC2A9 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 14-12-2013
HGNC name solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 9
HGNC id 13446
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • mice carrying a deletion of Glut9 in the whole body are hyperuricemic and display a severe nephropathy due to intratubular uric acid precipitation
  • Glut9-deficient mice develop impaired enterocyte uric acid transport kinetics, hyperuricaemia, hyperuricosuria, spontaneous hypertension, dyslipidaemia and elevated body fat