Glucose transporter expression in the human colon

To investigate by immunostaining glucose transporter expression in human colorectal mucosa in controls and patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).Colorectal samples were obtained from patients undergoing lower endoscopic colonoscopy or recto-sigmoidoscopy. Patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (n = 18) or Crohn's disease (n = 10) and scheduled for diagnostic colonoscopy were enrolled. Patients who underwent colonoscopy for...