glucagon

[ UK /ɡlˈuːkəɡən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
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How To Use glucagon In A Sentence

  • Anterior pituitary function was investigated in five patients using glucagon, thyrotrophin releasing hormone, and gonadotrophin releasing hormone challenge.
  • Like others of these peptides, glucagon is expressed in the brain stem and hypothalamic neurons.
  • Possible modulators of growth include acetylcholine, dopamine, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and glucagon.
  • Glucagon stimulates the liver to produce glucose. Diabetes
  • The classic interactions between receptors, G-protein transducer, and membrane-localized adenylate cyclase are illustrated below using the pancreatic hormone glucagon as an example.
  • The enzyme activated by glucagon is glycogen phosphorylase.
  • When insulin levels are sufficiently low to permit ketone-body production, increased glucagon levels further stimulate ketogenesis.
  • Like insulin, glucagon lacks a plasma carrier protein, and like insulin its circulating half life is also about 5 minutes.
  • The article, "Eating slowly increases the postprandial response of the anorexigenic gut hormone, Peptide YY and Glucagon like peptide-1," will appear in the January 2010 issue of Contact Information Newswise: Latest News
  • In isolated enterocytes of black bullhead catfish, for instance, GLP - 1 application leads to substantial and dose-dependent increases in the capacity for glucose transport, as does exposure of the cells to glucagon.
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