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There’s a new way creatine gets into cells
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The cataract and glucosuria associated monocarboxylate transporter MCT12 is a new creatine transporter.
doi:10.1093/hmg/ddt1756%
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Scientists found a second doorway that lets creatine into cells, called MCT12. It works differently than the first one and is important in the eye and kidney. A broken version was found in someone with cataracts, and rats without this doorway spill creatine in their pee.
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Abplanalp J, Laczko E, Philp NJ, Neidhardt J, Zuercher J, Braun P, Schorderet DF, Munier FL, Verrey F, Berger W, Camargo SM, Kloeckener-Gruissem B