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
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