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Cazarolli LH, Zanatta L, Alberton EH, Figueredo MS, Folador P, Damazio RG, Pizzolatti MG and Silva FR. 2008. Flavonoids cellular and molecular mechanisms of action in glucose homeostasis. Mini Rev Med Chem 8(10) 1032-1038. 

The second section of the book is Fuel Metabolism and Energetics. Important pathways and enzymes involved in fuel utilization are discussed in the chapters Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency Mitochondrial En-cephalomyopathy, and Systemic Carnitine Deficiency. The role of gluconeogenesis in glucose homeostasis is illustrated by a discussion in the chapter Neonatal Hypoglycemia. 

Serotonin. Serotonin central receptors appear to play a major role in glucose homeostasis. Experiments in obese mice have demonstrated that small doses of a classical serotonin agonist, metachlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP), markedly lower plasma insulin levels and increase insulin sensitivity, without affecting food intake, body weight or fat mass. The downstream target of the involved serotonin receptor appears to be melanocortin-4 receptors, in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. 

Alvarez-Buylla R and Alvarez-Buylla ER de (1988). Carotid sinus receptors participate in glucose homeostasis. Resp Physiol, 72, 47-60. 

There has been some speculation that, with the chronic use of a fatty acid oxidation inhibitor, an impairment of exercise capacity and/or the counter-regulatory mechanisms involved in glucose homeostasis might occur. In normal [ 117] or streptozotocin-diabetic [118] rats, MeTDGA caused no decrease in the ability of the animals to perform strenuous or prolonged, moderately strenuous exercise. However, based on a reduced ability by tissues to use NEFA, one might expect that the ability to sustain exhaustive exercise would be reduced, particularly once glycogen levels had been depleted. 

Lee, J., and Kim, M. S. The role of GSK3 in glucose homeostasis and the development of insulin resistance. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 77 Suppl 1 (2007) S49-S57. 

The condition which results from excess growth hormone secretion in adults, the usual cause being a pituitary adenoma. The condition is characterized by increases in bulk of the bones and soft tissues, especially of the jaw, hands and feet. Because growth hormone is involved in glucose homeostasis, impaired glucose tolerance can occur. Acromegaly can be diagnosed biochemically by ... 

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a hormone secreted by the intestinal L cells. It is involved in glucose homeostasis, in improving insulin secretion and the pancreatic beta-cell fimetion. On the other hand, the ghrelin is a hormone that is synthesized in the human stomach, being involved in meal initiation. The biological fimetions of ghrelin are to... 

The liver contributes to a plethora of fimctions. Liver filters the blood drained from the gastrointestinal tract via the portal vein for xenobiotics, endotoxins, ammonia, and other bacteria-derived products (Treinen-Moslen, 2001 Plumlee, 2004). The liver is directly involved in glucose homeostasis (Treinen-Moslen, 2001 Pineiro-Carrero and Pineiro, 2004) cholesterol synthesis and uptake (Treinen-Moslen, 2001) synthesis of proteins such as clotting factors, albumin, and very-low-density lipoprotein (Treinen-Moslen, 2001 Plumlee, 2004) storage of glycogen, lipids, minerals, and vitamins (Plumlee, 2004) metabolism and excretion of hemoglobin breakdown products (Plumlee, 2004) steroid hormones (Brown, 2001) and drug metabolites. 

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