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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2025

Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome: Novel Pathomechanisms, Current Concepts, and Challenges.

Joerg Klepper

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Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Direct targeting of GLUT1 in cancer: A decade of inhibitor discovery and medicinal chemistry insights.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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1 author.

Joerg KlepperDepartment of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics, Childrens' Hospital Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-025X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (Glut1DS) has emerged as a treatable, but complex entity. Increasing data on pathogenic mechanisms, phenotype, genotype, and ketogenic dietary therapies (KDT) are available, as summarized in this review. Many challenges remain: novel symptoms emerge and vary with age. In Glut1DS, KDT in pregnancy and the clinical features in neonates and adults are poorly understood. KDT are ineffective in some patients for reasons yet unknown. Research reaches beyond the concept of brain energy depletion by impaired GLUT1-mediated glucose transfer across the blood-brain barrier. Novel concepts investigate alternative substrates, transport mechanisms, and metabolic interactions of different brain cell types. Future, yet currently unavailable prospects are neonatal screening for Glut1DS, reliable biomarkers, predictors for outcome, and alternative therapies, along with and beyond KDT.

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Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsMonosaccharide Transport ProteinsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainDiet, KetogenicFemaleGlucoseGlucose Transporter Type 1HumansInfant, NewbornPhenotypePregnancyGlucoseGlucose Transporter Type 1Monosaccharide Transport ProteinsSLC2A1 protein, humanDe Vivo diseaseGLUT1Glut1 Deficiency SyndromeGlut1DShypoglycorrhachiaketogenic dietary therapiesSLC2A1treatable

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PMID40405536
PMCPMC12099281

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