title: The ABCs of solute carriers: physiological, pathological and therapeutic implications of human membrane transport proteinsIntroduction.
abstract: The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Nomenclature Committee Database provides a list of transporter families of the solute carrier (SLC) gene series (see http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/). Currently, it includes 43 families and 298 transporter genes. This special issue features mini-reviews on each of these SLC families written by the experts in each field. A WEB site has been established (http://www.pharmaconference.org/slctable.asp) that gives the latest updates for the SLC families and their members as well as relevant links to gene databases and reviews in the literature. A list of all currently known SLC families, a discussion of additional SLC families and family members as well as a brief summary of non-SLC transporter genes is included in this introduction.
authors: Membrane Biology Program and Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mhediger@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
authors: Matthias A
authors: MA
authors: Hediger
authors: Michael F
authors: MF
authors: Romero
authors: Ji-Bin
authors: JB
authors: Peng
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Rolfs
authors: Hitomi
authors: H
authors: Takanaga
authors: Elspeth A
authors: EA
authors: Bruford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins