Why does glucose uptake by a skeletal muscle cell require a transporter such as GLUT4? In other words, why isn’t simple diffusion possible?
Part I — Blood, Skeletal Muscle Cells, and Glucose Uptake To untangle the misconceptions in the conversation between Shelby and Patrick, let’s begin by looking at the structures within skeletal muscle cells that are involved in energy production at a submaximal level of exercise in an untrained person. This would be the case for Shelby, […]