Sentences with phrase «glucose by the muscle cells»

Protein combined with carbohydrate stimulates a greater release of insulin, which promotes faster uptake of glucose by the muscle cells and faster glycogen storage.

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Rather than being used by muscles for energy, the glucose is redirected to fat cells.

«Under no circumstances should it be concluded from our work that consumption of marijuana can be a way to cure diabetes,» Prof. Dobrzyn warns and explains: «The concentration of glucose in the blood is determined by the balance between the activities of alpha and beta cells of the pancreas and insulin target tissues such as skeletal muscle and adipose tissue.

The researchers went on to demonstrate that SHP - 1 is reduced in mouse vascular smooth muscle cells primarily by the high levels of lipids in the blood associated with diabetes and related conditions, rather than the high levels of glucose also present in those conditions.

IGF prevents frailty by increasing skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia), sex drive (infertility), brain thymus (immunosenescence, centenarians maintain a strong immune system), skeletal bone mineralization and marrow stem cell formation (osteoporosis and immune system by bone marrow immune cells working in tandem with thymus and lymphs nodes), I understand that diabetes, an accelerated aging phenotype, is insulin IGF and blood glucose driven.

Namely, C3G has a potent ability to increase glucose and lipid uptake specifically in muscle cells, while also reducing body fat storage by simultaneously raising adipokinectin levels and decreasing leptin levels.

By stimulating the muscle cells» glucose receptors, fiber also participates in lowering insulin levels.

Insulin has the capacity to bind with the receptors on muscle cells and fat cells and the enable the glucose to pass inside the cells where it's burned and used by the cells as energy source.

Insulin helps regulate your blood sugar levels by attaching to either fat cells, nerve cells (or neurons), or muscle cells and ordering them to open up and let the glucose in.

As I mentioned earlier, the true culprit underlying high blood glucose is insulin - resistance, caused by muscle and liver cells clogged with fat.

Meaning that even if fat cells will become insulin resistant it will not be a primary problem, because by then muscle tissue will be a lot more insulin resistant causing a lot more of glucose in the blood.

This hormone inhibits the uptake of glucose by muscle and other cells and promotes the breakdown of glycogen in the liver in order to release glucose into the blood.

The IGF standardize the amount of muscle mass growth by refining protein synthesis, easing glucose uptake, partitioning the acceptance of amino acids (the building blocks of protein) into skeletal muscles and once again, triggers satellite cells to propagate muscle growth.

All carbohydrates are eventually broken down by the body into glucose, which is: — A universal fuel for most organs and tissues in our bodies — The only fuel source for our brain, red blood cells and a growing foetus, and — The main source of energy for our muscles during strenuous exercise

Here's why: Muscle tissue glucose uptake is stimulated by insulin, which triggers the migration of glucose and amino acids to muscle Muscle tissue glucose uptake is stimulated by insulin, which triggers the migration of glucose and amino acids to muscle muscle cells.

Whether that glucose comes from carbohydrates, from protein via gluconeogenesis, or from glycerol (a byproduct of fatty acid metabolism), excess amounts in the blood stream that aren't immediately used are transported by insulin to muscle and liver cells and get converted to glycogen.

Ultimately, insulin works by triggering the movement of nutrients from the blood to the cells — fortifying your muscles with the ingredients they need to grow while at the same time normalizing your blood glucose levels.

Among other things, cortisol inhibits the uptake of amino acids into the muscle cells, and also inhibits insulin from shuttling glucose into cells by decreasing the translocation of glucose transporters to the cell surface.

As we have already mentioned, this hormone lowers blood sugar levels by shuttling the glucose into muscle and liver cells.

How to enhance the effect of creatine It was back in 1996 that researchers discovered that a good dose of glucose boosts creatine uptake in muscle cells by sixty percent.

RESULTS: In L6 muscle cells, short - term incubations (2 - 12 h) with 10 -LRB--3) m alpha - lipoic acid increased glucose uptake by 40 - 80 %, approximately the same extent as 10 -LRB--6) m insulin.

METHODS: Glucose uptake was measured in L6 muscle cells using the non-metabolized glucose analogue 2 - deoxy - d - glucose (2DG), and in isolated muscles by glucose disappearance from the incubation Glucose uptake was measured in L6 muscle cells using the non-metabolized glucose analogue 2 - deoxy - d - glucose (2DG), and in isolated muscles by glucose disappearance from the incubation glucose analogue 2 - deoxy - d - glucose (2DG), and in isolated muscles by glucose disappearance from the incubation glucose (2DG), and in isolated muscles by glucose disappearance from the incubation glucose disappearance from the incubation medium.

This study has examined the effect of alpha - lipoic acid on glucose uptake by cultured L6 muscle cells and different types of skeletal muscles in normal lean (+ / +) and severely insulin - resistant, obese - diabetic (ob / ob) mice.

[10] In vitro, lipoic acid was found to stimulate glucose uptake by muscle cells in a manner similar to insulin.

Your body will react to the glucose elevation by making more insulin to move glucose into muscle and other cells.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)