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  2. Insulin - Wikipedia

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    Glucose production and secretion by the liver are strongly inhibited by high concentrations of insulin in the blood. [9] Circulating insulin also affects the synthesis of proteins in a wide variety of tissues. It is thus an anabolic hormone, promoting the conversion of small molecules in the blood into large molecules in the cells.

  3. Insulin signal transduction pathway - Wikipedia

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    The influx of Ca 2+ ions causes the secretion of insulin stored in vesicles through the cell membrane. The process of insulin secretion is an example of a trigger mechanism in a signal transduction pathway because insulin is secreted after glucose enters the beta cell and that triggers several other processes in a chain reaction.

  4. Glucokinase - Wikipedia

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    Glucokinase in beta cells serves as a glucose sensor, amplifying insulin secretion as blood glucose rises. In the pancreatic beta-cell, glucokinase is a key regulator enzyme. Glucokinase is very important in the regulation of insulin secretion and has been known as the pancreatic beta-cell sensor.

  5. Incretin - Wikipedia

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    GLP-1 and DPP-4 inhibitors. Incretins are a group of metabolic hormones that stimulate a decrease in blood glucose levels. Incretins are released after eating and augment the secretion of insulin released from pancreatic beta cells of the islets of Langerhans by a blood-glucose–dependent mechanism.

  6. Blood sugar regulation - Wikipedia

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    The cells release the glucose into the bloodstream, increasing blood sugar levels. Hypoglycemia, the state of having low blood sugar, is treated by restoring the blood glucose level to normal by the ingestion or administration of dextrose or carbohydrate foods. It is often self-diagnosed and self-medicated orally by the ingestion of balanced meals.

  7. Biomarkers of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Nesfatin-1 can pass through the blood-brain barrier in both directions. It suppresses feeding independently from the leptin pathway and increases insulin secretion from pancreatic beta islet cells. this is demonstrated by in-vitro studies that Nesfatin-1 stimulates the Preproinsulin mRNA expression and increases the glucose induced insulin release.

  8. Beta cell - Wikipedia

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    The triggering pathway of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. In beta cells, insulin release is stimulated primarily by glucose present in the blood. [4] As circulating glucose levels rise such as after ingesting a meal, insulin is secreted in a dose-dependent fashion. [4] This system of release is commonly referred to as glucose-stimulated ...

  9. Glycolysis - Wikipedia

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    An increase in blood sugar leads to secretion of insulin, which activates protein phosphatase 1, leading to dephosphorylation and re-activation of pyruvate kinase. [44] These controls prevent pyruvate kinase from being active at the same time as the enzymes that catalyze the reverse reaction ( pyruvate carboxylase and phosphoenolpyruvate ...