The metabolism of FFA and ketone bodies was studied in fasted rats by infusing at a constant rate tracer amounts of FFA-(3)H, beta-hydroxybutyrate-(14)C or acetoacetate-(14)C for periods up to 2 hr. Blood that was removed for analyses was replaced by continuous transfusion. The rates of turnover of FFA, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetoacetate in rats fasted for 2 days were, respectively, 3.2, 5....

Backgrounds: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disease and free fatty acids, as signaling molecules, can play a crucial role in the development of it. Different free fatty acids, through various cell membrane receptors, induce different effects on metabolic pathways and thereby affect insulin sensitivity. Simvastatin is a cholesterol decreasing drug prescrib...

To directly examine whether physiologic hyperinsulinemia regulates insulin receptors in normal man, we studied the effect of insulin infusion (employing the euglycemic insulin clamp technique) on 125I-insulin binding to monocytes. In Study I (9 subjects), when the steady-state plasma insulin concentration was raised to approximately 100 muU/ml, insulin binding to monocytes remained unchanged at...

Six insulin-requiring diabetics were studied after insulin had been withheld for 24 hours. On three separate occasions each received a two-hour infusion of insulin at a low dose (2.6 U/h) and a high dose (10.6 U/h) and an infusion of saline as control. The rates of production and utilisation of glucose were measured isotopically. The rate of fall of plasma glucose concentration was faster on th...

background: obesity and overweight are accompanied with insulin resistance markers and diagnosed as a metabolic risk factor in prevalence and develop the asthma severity. regardless of biological role of inflammation markers in asthma, the effective mechanisms in relation to obesity and asthma are not fully understood. methods: this study investigates the relationship between insulin resistance...