If insulin can’t get out of blood vessels, it can’t act in its target tissues. “Endothelial cells are full of insulin ...

In patients with DKA, the deficiency in insulin can be absolute, or it can be insufficient relative to an excess of counterregulatory hormones. In HHS, there is a residual amount of insulin ...

JMU scientists studied insulin-producing cells in fruit flies, finding that secretion is influenced by gut hormones, ...

Key steps in this homeostatic response are the suppression of endogenous insulin secretion and a stimulus to the secretion of the counterregulatory hormones, glucagon and epinephrine, which act ...

The hormone adrenomedullin disrupts insulin signaling in blood vessel cells, contributing to systemic insulin resistance in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes ...