NUR 1211C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 2: Latent Autoimmune Diabetes Of Adults, Glucose Test, Autoimmune Disease
8 Feb 2020
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Insulin is a hormone produced by the b-cells in the islets of langerhans of the pancreas. Under normal conditions, insulin is continuously released into the bloodstream in small increments, with increased release when food is ingested. Insulin lowers blood glucose and facilitates a stable, normal glucose range of approximately 70 to 110 mg/dl (3. 9 to 6. 1 mmol/l) Insulin promotes glucose transport from the bloodstream across the cell membrane to the cytoplasm of the cell. The rise in plasma insulin after a meal inhibits gluconeogenesis, enhances fat deposition of adipose tissue, and increases protein synthesis. For this reason, insulin is an anabolic, or storage, hormone: skeletal muscle and adipose tissue are considered insulin-dependent tissues. Idiopathic diabetes if a form of type 1 diabetes that is strongly inherited and not related to autoimmunity. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (lada), a slowly progressing autoimmune form of type 1 diabetes, occurs in adults, and is often mistaken for type 2 diabetes: onset of disease.
