Diabetes
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Affects the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Beta cells located on the Islets of Langerhans produce Insulin, which is responsible for:
- Facilitating the uptake of glucose into cells
- Glycogenesis (the conversion of glucose to glycogen for storage),
- Stimulation of Lipogenesis (fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis)
- Inhibiting both glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
- Inhibiting the breakdown of fats into ketone bodies.
- Glycogenesis
- Glucose is converted to glycogen and stored in the liver when BSL are elevated
- Glycogenolysis
- Breakdown of glycogen stores to release glucose when our BSL levels are depleted
- Gluconeogenesis
- Creation of new glucose.
- When all glycogen stores have been used, the liver can convert amino acids and glycerol to glucose when our BSL levels are depleted.
Types of Diabetes
Type 1
Type 2
