insulin
- Subj. Area:
- V Medicine and Care
- Ger:
- Insulin
- Fr:
- insuline
- SN:
- Peptide hormones that cause an increase in the absorption of glucose by cells within organs such as liver, muscle and adipose tissue; during normal metabolism insulins are produced by the pancreatic beta cells in response to increased glucose; natural and chemically-modified forms of insulin are also used in the treatment of glucose metabolism disorders such as diabetes mellitus (based on MeSH-2012)
- RT:
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diabetes
Escherichia coli
genetic engineering
pharmaceutical production
- Conc:
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B: Insulin
E: insulin
I: -
M: Insulins (D061385)
