2001
Contribution of net hepatic glycogen synthesis to disposal of an oral glucose load in humans
Petersen K, Cline G, Gerard D, Magnusson I, Rothman D, Shulman G. Contribution of net hepatic glycogen synthesis to disposal of an oral glucose load in humans. Metabolism 2001, 50: 598-601. PMID: 11319724, DOI: 10.1053/meta.2001.22561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic glycogen synthesisOral glucose loadGlucose loadMagnetic resonance imagingLiver glycogen synthesisNet hepatic glycogen synthesisLiver volumeGlycogen synthesisWhole-body glucose disposalGlycogen contentHepatic glycogen concentrationIngestion of glucoseLiver glycogen contentHepatic glycogen contentIdentical glucose loadHepatic UDP-glucoseGlucose disposalGroup 2Group 1Direct pathwayResonance imagingGlycogen concentrationMean maximum rateLiverIngestion
1999
Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR
Shen J, Petersen K, Behar K, Brown P, Nixon T, Mason G, Petroff O, Shulman G, Shulman R, Rothman D. Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 8235-8240. PMID: 10393978, PMCID: PMC22218, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.14.8235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutamate/glutamine cycleGlutamine cycleCerebral cortexMin/Rat cerebral cortexVivo 13C NMR spectraGlucose oxidation ratesHuman brainGlucose oxidationGlutamatergic activityRat modelTricarboxylic acid cycle rateParietal lobeHuman cortexCortexTime courseBrainGlutamine synthesisMajor metabolic fluxCycle rateTricarboxylic acid cycleHigh levelsInfusionRatsAcid cycle
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