Sentences with phrase «cells of the pancreas release»

As a consequence, beta - cells of the pancreas release insulin, which helps to lower blood glucose levels.

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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, often referred to as «islet cell tumors» are a type of cancer that arises from hormone - releasing cells in the pancreas.

The most intriguing mutant type of mice were unusually thin; they generated more active osteocalcin, secreted more insulin, and produced many times more of the insulin - releasing cells in the pancreas.

But that production stops after a meal, when insulin is released by the pancreas and performs its main task of removing sugar from the blood and shepherding the glucose to multiple types of cells that absorb it for energy.

In an online issue of Cancer Discovery, the scientists described the molecular steps necessary for acinar cells in the pancreas — the cells that release digestive enzymes — to become precancerous lesions.

For patients with type 1 diabetes, and some cases of type 2 diabetes, the pancreas fails to produce effective beta cells, the cells that monitor blood sugar and release insulin to keep glucose levels normalized.

Despite the reduced levels of insulin released after arsenic exposure, however, the researchers found no significant differences in inflammation of the pancreas or the number of insulin - producing cells (beta cells) in the pancreas that are known to promote the development of diabetes.

The glucose, like all of the nutrients, soon gets absorbed into the bloodstream creating a peak in what we call «blood sugar levels», which results with the releasing of more insulin from the pancreas in order to push glucose to the cells, basically «commanding» the cells to open up and absorb it, where it gets used as an energy source.

Number one, the pancreas releases low amounts of insulin or number two, the cells develops insulin resistance, by not allowing the insulin to bind to receptors on the cells» membrane which would normally allow the entrance of glucose into the cell.

The primary function of the beta cells in your pancreas is to store and release insulin.

Furthermore, the cells of the pancreas that release insulin showed damage, with the presence of increased levels of free radicals and markers of insulin resistance were also detected.

Pancreas releases insulin to provide steady flow of glucose to the cells.

This process triggers the release of insulin from the pancreas, which sends food to cells, and any leftover sugar is stored as fat, which contributes to weight gain and obesity.

Type 2 diabetes appears to be caused by genetic defects that at first make a person not able to respond to the actions of insulin and, over time, the beta cells in the pancreas will stop releasing insulin.

When we a eat carbohydrates of any kind, which includes all things sweet, flours, grains, starchy vegetables, pulses and fruit, then insulin is naturally released from the pancreas to mop those sugars up and pushing them into cells to either be used for energy OR stored as fat.

The pancreas senses this increased level of glucose and releases the hormone insulin, which signals cells to increase their anabolic activities (breaking down).

Should the level of blood glucose be too high after an animal has eaten, the pancreas produces and releases insulin so that it may transfer the glucose into the body's cells and store it for energy.