Hepato-portal sensor

Especially at the beginning it is important that the nervous system is able to sense the meal and start the GEUT4 translocation. Here the activity of the hepato-portal sensor is ideal, because it gives a signal that is precisely proportional to Jabs. It is typically seen that the plasma insulin concentration increases before any noticeable increase in glucose concentration [121],... 

Tanaka K, Inoue S, Nagase H, Takamura Y, Niijima A. 1990. Amino acid sensors sensitive to alanine and leucine exist in the hepato-portal system in the rat. J Auton Nerv Syst 31 41-46. 

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