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The functional role of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) and its product GABA in pancreatic islets has remained elusive. Mouse β-cells express the larger isoform GAD67, whereas human islets express only the smaller isoform GAD65. We have generated two lines of ...
GLUT2-null mice are hyperglycemic, hypoinsulinemic, hyperglucagonemic, and glycosuric and die within the first 3 weeks of life. Their endocrine pancreas shows a loss of first phase glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and inverse alpha to beta cell ...
The usefulness of interfacial photopolymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) diacrylate at a variety of concentrations and molecular weights to form hydrogel membranes for encapsulating porcine islets of Langerhans was investigated. The results from th ...
Dyslipidemias and insulin resistance often present simultaneously, as in familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL), and therefore may have a common genetic background. In our previous study the Pro12A1a substitution of peroxisome proliferator receptor gamma ...
A novel approach for indirect biomass detn. in case of non-const. specific metabolic rates is reported. Specific glucose consumption rate was detd. during a first calibration culture for both free suspended and immobilized cells. It was expressed as a line ...
To determine whether acute hyperglycemia changes the hyperemic response to functional activation of brain, the area and magnitude of the activation were measured in healthy volunteers maintained at euglycemia and then at hyperglycemia using the hyperglycem ...
Comprehensive in-situ bioreactor monitoring and control based on a midinfrared spectroscopic sensor system M. Rhiel1, C. Cannizzaro1, S. Valentinotti2, I. Marison1, U. von Stockar1 1 Institute of Chemical Engineering, 2Institute of Automatic Control Swiss ...
Using optimized, asymmetric radiofrequency (RF) pulses for slice selection, the authors demonstrate that stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) localization with ultra-short echo time (1 ms) is possible. Water suppression was designed to minimize sensiti ...
Using optimized administration of 13C-labeled glucose, the time course of the specific activity of glucose was measured directly by in vivo 13C-NMR in the human brain at 4 Tesla. Subsequent label incorporation was measured at the C2, C3 and C4 positions of ...
Understanding the mechanism of brain glucose transport across the blood- brain barrier is of importance to understanding brain energy metabolism. The specific kinetics of glucose transport nave been generally described using standard Michaelis-Menten kinet ...
