1998
Effect of epinephrine on muscle glycogenolysis and insulin-stimulated muscle glycogen synthesis in humans
Laurent D, Petersen K, Russell R, Cline G, Shulman G. Effect of epinephrine on muscle glycogenolysis and insulin-stimulated muscle glycogen synthesis in humans. American Journal Of Physiology 1998, 274: e130-e138. PMID: 9458758, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.1.e130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-stimulated muscle glycogen synthesisMuscle glycogen synthesisMuscle glycogenolysisEpinephrine infusionPhysiological increaseWhole-body glucose oxidationMuscle glycogen synthesis ratesPlasma epinephrine concentrationEuglycemic hyperinsulinemic clampGlucose infusion rateEffect of epinephrineGlycogen synthesisInsulin-stimulated glycogenesisBasal insulinControl subjectsPlasma glucoseEpinephrine concentrationsFree fatty acidsBasal valuesInfusion rateGlycogen synthesis rateMuscle glycogenEpinephrineGlycogenolysisMajor impairment
1997
Effects of insulin-like growth factor I on glucose metabolism in rats with liver cirrhosis
Petersen K, Jacob R, West A, Sherwin R, Shulman G. Effects of insulin-like growth factor I on glucose metabolism in rats with liver cirrhosis. American Journal Of Physiology 1997, 273: e1189-e1193. PMID: 9435535, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.6.e1189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle glycogen synthesisInsulin-like growth factor ICirrhotic ratsGrowth factor IGlucose metabolismLiver cirrhosisGlycogen synthesisFactor IInsulin-stimulated muscle glycogen synthesisIGF-I therapyPeripheral glucose metabolismWhole-body glucose turnoverEndogenous glucose productionAbility of IGFEuglycemic clampInsulin resistanceControl ratsAwake ratsCirrhosisDiminished suppressionControl groupIGFRatsGlucose productionGlucose turnover