- The ________ cell subset of Islet of Langerhans in the Pancreas produces Somatostatin, which has an inhibitory effect on Insulin AND Glucagon. Somatostatin can possibly act in an ___________ fashion.
- Alternatively to Insulin, Glucagon utilizes the ______ system to increase blood glucose.
- Type II Diabetes is a genetic disease that can be caused by obesity. This is due to...
- Explain how blood glucose levels are in a diabetic patient before eating vs. after eating?
- _____________ is a class of drugs that increases incretin to decrease glucagon, resulting in an increase in insulin secretion.
- _______________ can be used to treat anemia following chemo treatment to improve red blood cell function.
- True or False: Insulin therapy is NOT mandatory for Type I Diabetes.
- ________________ is a class of drugs that increases insulin secretion by activating β-cells .
- Type I Diabetes is an autoimmune disease that may be triggered by a viral infection. There is no explanation for this disease because...
- Erythropoietin (EPO) stimulates _________ to increase ___________ within the body.
- After you eat, blood glucose levels __________. This results in the secretion of _________ to stimulate cells to _________ glucose to decrease blood glucose levels.
- What are 5 factors that can decrease oxygenation (hypoxia), which results in the stimulation of Erythropoietin (EPO) from the kidneys?
- Erythropoietin (EPO) is a __________ hormone that is a cytokine for red blood cell precursors in the _________ ________.
- What hormone INHIBITS growth hormone and insulin?
- What device is used to measure blood glucose levels?
- Hyperglycemia in diabetic patients is usually paired with ___________. If you cannot uptake glucose, you cannot uptake ____ either!
- ____________ ___________ are literally everywhere to move glucose across the cell membrane.
- How is weight influenced by the GH (growth hormone) and Insulin when used together? Separate?
- Insulin is cleaved to a ____ ______________. Therefore you can measure this instead of insulin. (think of the criminal who got caught because the insulin levels were higher than this)
- Glucose is translated to ATP to cause the Na+/K+ channels to depolarize and stimulate _____ to release _________.