Insulin : deficiency, excess and resistance in human disease /

Insulin: Deficiency, Excess and Resistance in Human Disease provides an overview of the role of insulin in the pathogenesis of prevalent non-communicable diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, along with a comprehensive review of insulin replacement therapies...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Krentz, Andrew J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Academic Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Insulin
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Normal physiology: insulin secretion and insulin action
  • 1 Insulin biosynthesis and release in health and disease
  • Insulin biosynthesis
  • The insulin gene-comparative physiology
  • Transcriptional regulation of insulin gene expression
  • Metabolic regulation of insulin gene expression
  • Regulation of preproinsulin transcript stability
  • Regulation of translation of the preproinsulin transcript
  • Regulation of the processing of the preproinsulin peptide
  • Insulin release
  • Concluding remarks
  • References
  • 2 Classic metabolic actions of insulin in humans: from physiology to disease and novel pharmacotherapeutics
  • Introduction
  • Insulin structure and synthesis
  • Physiological actions of action
  • Insulin transport and the insulin receptor
  • Cellular insulin signaling
  • Metabolic actions of insulin in classic target tissues
  • Carbohydrate metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Protein metabolism
  • Insulin dose-response considerations
  • Carbohydrate metabolism
  • Regulation of the postabsorptive metabolic state
  • Response to oral glucose ingestion or mixed meals
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Fasting state
  • Postprandial state
  • Nonclassic roles of adipocytes: implications for insulin action and cardiometabolic disease
  • Brown adipose tissue
  • Amino acid and protein metabolism
  • Clinical states of acute metabolic decompensation associated with insulin deficiency
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state
  • References
  • 3 Nonclassic effects of insulin: physiological actions on the vascular tissues and pathophysiological contributions to athe...
  • Introduction
  • Overview of insulin and cardiovascular disease
  • Effects of insulin on the vascular tissues and atherogenesis.
  • Congenital disorders of glycosylation
  • Diagnosis
  • Diagnostic evaluation
  • Genetic testing
  • Management
  • Medical therapy
  • 18F-DOPA PET
  • Surgery
  • Diazoxide unresponsive diffuse hyperinsulinism
  • Outcomes
  • Glycemic outcomes
  • Neurologic outcomes
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 9 Hypoglycemic disorders in adults
  • Clinical manifestations
  • Causes of hypoglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia in the setting of diabetes therapy
  • Diagnostic evaluation
  • Who to evaluate?
  • Diagnostic approach
  • The supervised fast
  • Interpretation of data
  • Postprandial evaluation
  • Localization studies
  • Management
  • Insulinoma
  • Medical management
  • Diazoxide
  • Somatostatin analogs
  • Other medications
  • Other therapies
  • Postgastric bypass hypoglycemia
  • NIPHS
  • Recurrence, survival, and surveillance
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2c Insulin resistance in human disease
  • 10 Obesity and insulin resistance: pathophysiology guiding precision therapy
  • Introduction
  • Insulin resistance: substrates and genetics
  • Effect of adiposity on hepatic and extrahepatic insulin action
  • Insulin suppression of lipolysis
  • Insulin suppression of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
  • Effects of nonglucose nutrients on insulin secretion and action in people with prediabetes
  • Insulin secretion, action, glucose effectiveness and postprandial glucose metabolism in type 2 diabetes
  • Splanchnic glucose uptake and splanchnic glucose production
  • Nocturnal regulation of glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes
  • Effects of cortisol and glucagon on nocturnal glucose production in type 2 diabetes
  • Therapeutic approaches
  • Summary and conclusions
  • References
  • 11 The cardiometabolic syndrome and vascular disease: pivotal role of insulin
  • Introduction
  • Pathophysiology of atherosclerosis
  • Role of insulin resistance in atherosclerosis.
  • Role of insulin resistance and hyperglycemia in microvascular disease
  • Genetic and epigenetic associations with insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease
  • Clinical features of cardiometabolic syndrome and insulin resistance
  • Prevention of diabetes and ASCVD
  • Medical therapies for primary prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome components: a brief overview
  • Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 12 Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and cancer: pathogenic considerations and therapeutic opportunities
  • Introduction
  • Visceral adipose tissue, inflammation, and insulin resistance
  • Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and cancer: epidemiologic links
  • Visceral obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cancer
  • Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and cancer
  • Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and cancer: mechanisms
  • Systemic inflammation
  • The insulin IGF-1 axis
  • Insulin and IGF-1
  • Insulin, IGF-1, and the tumor microenvironment
  • Sex steroids
  • Insulin and the gut microbiome
  • Therapeutic considerations
  • Exogenous insulin
  • Insulin and cancer prevention
  • Diet, exercise, and intentional weight loss
  • Pharmacologic therapies
  • Hyperinsulinemia and cancer cachexia
  • Summary
  • Funding
  • Conflict of interest
  • References
  • 13 Insulin and neurodegenerative diseases
  • Introduction
  • The brain is an insulin-sensitive organ
  • Receptor expression in the brain
  • Insulin production and transport across the blood-brain barrier
  • Insulin and insulin-like signaling in the brain
  • Control of cellular metabolism by insulin
  • Abnormalities associated with dysregulated insulin/IGF-1 signaling
  • AD brains show insulin and IGF1 resistance
  • Sources of brain insulin resistance in neurodegeneration
  • Diabetes interventions for the prevention or treatment of neurodegeneration
  • Conclusions.