Glucose Homeostasis

Most tissues and organs, such as the brain, need glucose constantly, as an important source of energy. The low blood concentrations of glucose (hypoglycemia) can cause seizures, loss of consciousness, and death. On the other hand, long lasting elevation of blood glucose concentrations (hyperglycemia...

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description Most tissues and organs, such as the brain, need glucose constantly, as an important source of energy. The low blood concentrations of glucose (hypoglycemia) can cause seizures, loss of consciousness, and death. On the other hand, long lasting elevation of blood glucose concentrations (hyperglycemia) can result in blindness, renal failure, cardiac and peripheral vascular disease, and neuropathy. Therefore, blood glucose concentrations need to be maintained within narrow limits. The process of maintaining blood glucose at a steady-state level is called glucose homeostasis. This is accomplished by the finely hormone regulation of peripheral glucose uptake (glucose utilization), hepatic glucose production and glucose uptake during carbohydrates ingestion.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-666482024-03-31T22:44:13Z Glucose Homeostasis Szablewski, Leszek Endocrinology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJG Endocrinology Most tissues and organs, such as the brain, need glucose constantly, as an important source of energy. The low blood concentrations of glucose (hypoglycemia) can cause seizures, loss of consciousness, and death. On the other hand, long lasting elevation of blood glucose concentrations (hyperglycemia) can result in blindness, renal failure, cardiac and peripheral vascular disease, and neuropathy. Therefore, blood glucose concentrations need to be maintained within narrow limits. The process of maintaining blood glucose at a steady-state level is called glucose homeostasis. This is accomplished by the finely hormone regulation of peripheral glucose uptake (glucose utilization), hepatic glucose production and glucose uptake during carbohydrates ingestion. 2021-04-20T15:49:32Z 2021-04-20T15:49:32Z 2014 book ONIX_20210420_9789535116189_2007 9789535116189 9789535172123 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/66648 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/3857/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/57190 10.5772/57190 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789535116189 9789535172123 IntechOpen 176 open access
spellingShingle Endocrinology
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Glucose Homeostasis
title Glucose Homeostasis
title_full Glucose Homeostasis
title_fullStr Glucose Homeostasis
title_full_unstemmed Glucose Homeostasis
title_short Glucose Homeostasis
title_sort glucose homeostasis
topic Endocrinology
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJG Endocrinology
topic_facet Endocrinology
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJG Endocrinology
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