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 cycleContributions of net hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis to glucose production in cirrhosis
Petersen K, Krssak M, Navarro V, Chandramouli V, Hundal R, Schumann W, Landau B, Shulman G. Contributions of net hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis to glucose production in cirrhosis. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 276: e529-e535. PMID: 10070020, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.276.3.e529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNet hepatic glycogenolysisCirrhotic subjectsHepatic glycogenolysisControl subjectsGlucose productionFree insulin-like growth factor IInsulin-like growth factor IHepatic glycogen concentrationGrowth factor IHepatic glycogen contentMagnetic resonance imagingRate of gluconeogenesisBlood glucosePlasma levelsHealthy subjects
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