New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Niddm

By Claes-Goran Vstenson

Regulation of Insulin Secretion.- Impaired Glucose-Induced Insulin Secretion: Studies in Animal Models with Spontaneous NIDDM.- Perturbation of Islet Metabolism and Insulin Release in NIDDM.- Regulation of Cytoplasmic Free Ca2+ in Insulin-Secreting Cells.- The -Cell Sulfonylurea Receptor.- Insulin, Insulin Receptors and Glucose Transporters.- Regulation of Glucose Transporters and the Na/K-ATPase by Insulin in Skeletal Muscle.- Insulin Receptor: Aspects of Its Structure and function.- The Diabetogenes Concept of NIDDM.- Molecular Genetics of NIDDM and the Genes for Insulin and Insulin Receptor.- Autoregulation of Glucose Transport: Effects of Glucose on Glucose Transporter Expression and Cellular Location in Muscle.- Insulin Action in NIDDM.- Insulin Resistance and the Pathogenesis of Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms.- Indirect Effects of Insulin in Regulating Glucose Fluxes.- The Insulin-Antagonistic Effect of the Counterregulatory Hormones - Clinical and Mechanistic Aspects.- On Insulin Action in Vivo: The Single Gateway Hypothesis.- Gluconeogenesis.- Acute Hormonal Regulation of Gluconeogenesis in the Conscious Dog.- Estimating Gluconeogenic Rates in NIDDM.- Glucose Metabolism during Physical Exercise in Patients with Noninsulin-Dependent (Type II) Diabetes.- Substrates and the Regulation of Hepatic Glycogen Metabolism.- Gluconeogenesis in Type 2 Diabetes.- Obesity, Lipoproteins, Atherogenesis, and NIDDM.- Regulation of Adipose Tissue Lipolysis, Importance for the Metabolic Syndrome.- Cellular and Molecular Factors in Adipose Tissue Growth and Obesity.- Regional Obesity and NIDDM.- Hyperinsulinemia and VLDL Kinetics.- Hyperinsulinism and Dyslipidemias as Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in NIDDM.- Potential Impact of New Concepts In NIDDM on Delivery of Care to Diabetic Populations.- A Paradigm to Link Clinical Research to Clinical Practice: The Challenge in Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306445638
• ISBN13: 9780306445637
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"