Improvement of Glucose Assimilation and Protein Degradation by Bradykinin in Maturity Onset Diabetics and in Surgical Patients

Autor: Matthias Wickimayr, Ingolf Bottger, Peter Janetschek, Bernulf Gunther, Lothar Mayer, Gunther Dietze
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: Kinins—II ISBN: 9781475709285
Popis: Impaired glucose assimilation and accelerated protein degradation are concomitant symptoms of insulin deficiency as in diabetes and also of reduced insulin sensitivity as during postoperative stress. Since it is known that kininogen levels are reduced in traumatic stress (1) and that kinin liberation is involved in the peripheral action of insulin (2,3), the influence of kinin infusion on carbohydrate tolerance and urinary nitrogen excretion was investigated in normal and diabetic subjects and in surgical patients.
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