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. 2022 Apr 11;14(4):835. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14040835

Table 3.

Various transporters that penetrate the BBB.

Influx Transporters Efflux Transporters Receptor Transporters
Choline transporter (ChT) Peptide transport system-6 (PTs-6) Insulin receptors (IR)
Sodium-coupled glucose transporters (SGLTs) Breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP) Insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGFR)
Cationic amino acid transporter (CAT1) P-glycoprotein (P-gp) Transferrin receptors (TfR)
1-type large amino-acid transporter (LAT1)
Excitatory amino-acid transporters (EAATs)
Leptin receptor (LepR)
Glucose transporter (GLUT1) (GLUT3) Low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)
Monocarboxylate lactate transporter (MCT1)
Receptor for glycation end products (RAGE)
Neonatal Fc receptor (FcRN)
Lactoferrin receptor (LR)