**Meet the editor**

Dr. Leszek Szablewski graduated from University of Warsaw, Poland. He received his M.S. degree in Faculty of Biology from the same University. He obtained his Ph. D. from Institute of Experimental Biology Polish Academy of Sciences and habilitated in Medical University of Warsaw. Dr. Szablewski has experience in cell physiology, genetics and pathophysiology. He works

on damages of glucose uptake and expression of glucose transporters in peripheral blood cells due to diabetes mellitus (in dependence on mode of therapy), surgical procedures and selected tumor cells. He previously worked with Tetrahymena pyriformis and T. rostrata (Ciliata) as a model of animal cell.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Glucose Transporters 1**

Chapter 1 **Mammalian Sugar Transporters 3**

Robert Augustin and Eric Mayoux

Marta Camps and Josep V. Planas

**Section 2 Mechanisms of Glucose Homeostasis 69**

**with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 71**

**Homeostasis 95**

Chapter 5 **Glycemia and Memory 113**

**Section 3 Adipokines, TRH and Cells 131**

Barbara Głuchowska and Michał Plewa

Chesinta Voma and Andrea M.P. Romani

M.O. Welcome and V.A. Pereverzev

**(GLUT4): A Look at GLUT4 in Fish 37**

Chapter 2 **Structural and Functional Evolution of Glucose Transporter 4**

Chapter 3 **The Effects of Energy Intake, Insulin Therapy and Physical**

Chapter 4 **Role of Magnesium in the Regulation of Hepatic Glucose**

Chapter 6 **Adipokines Involved in Macrophage Recruitment 133**

Dayea Kim, Jong Hyuk Yoon, Jaeyoon Kim and Sung Ho Ryu

Rubén Marín-Juez, Encarnación Capilla, Francisco Carvalho-Simoes,

**Activity on Glucose Homeostasis in Children and Adolescents**

Aleksandra Żebrowska, Marcin Sikora, Przemysława Jarosz-Chobot,
