Glycogen metabolism refers to how the body stores and uses glycogen, which is a type of stored energy made from glucose (sugar). It involves the process of breaking down glycogen when the body needs energy and rebuilding glycogen when there is excess glucose.
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Sentences with «glycogen metabolism»
- In hypothyroidism low thyroid function can compromise your physical abilities, affect your exercise tolerance and decrease quality of life through its known effects on glycogen metabolism. (outsmartdisease.com)
- The enhanced hiPS - HEP cells respond to insulin with phosphorylation of protein kinase B - α (Akt), even at low insulin concentrations, and the genes involved in glycogen metabolism, gluconeogenesis, and insulin signaling are expressed at similar levels as in hphep cells. (regmednet.com)
- The most common disease in which glycogen metabolism becomes abnormal is diabetes, in which, because of abnormal amounts of insulin, liver glycogen can be abnormally accumulated or depleted. (sciencedaily.com)
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