Regulation of hepatic glucose metabolism in health and disease

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 572-587

  Petersen, Max C ^a   Vatner, Daniel F ^a   Shulman, Gerald I ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADOMEGLIVANT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BAY 27 9955; BIGUANIDE; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; GALEGINE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIRAGLUTIDE; METFORMIN; MK 0893; NICOTINIC ACID; PHENFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); ROSIGLITAZONE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL;

ADIPOCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FATTY LIVER; FRACTURE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLUCAGONEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 85030998024     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2017.80     Document Type: Review

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