pancreas

Signal transduction

...t in neurons and muscle cells . In heart and pancreas cells, another second messenger (cyclic ADP ribose ) takes part in the receptor activation. The localized and time-limited activity of Ca 2+ in the cytosol is also called a Ca 2+ wave . The building of the wave is done by the feedback ...

Liver

...functions like a combination of the liver and the pancreas . In insects this organ is known as the fat body . References The following are standard medical textbooks. Eugene R. Schiff, Michael F. Sorrell, Willis C. Maddrey, eds. Schiff's diseases of the liver , 9th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott, Wi...

Isozyme

...l of insulin release by the beta cells of the pancreas , or initiation of glycogen synthesis by liver cells. Both of these processes must only occur when glucose is abundant, or problems occur. Distinguishing isozymes Isozymes (and allozymes) are variants of the same enzyme . Unless they are id...

Insulin

... is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas ) is a polypeptide hormone that regulates car...ent in Berlin , was studying the structure of the pancreas under a new microscope when he noticed some previously unidentified cells scattered in the exocrin...

Homeostasis

...se of evaporation . Chemical regulation The pancreas produces insulin and glucagon to control blood-sugar concentration. The lungs take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide . The kidneys remove urea , and adjust the concentrations of water and a wide variety of ions . Most of the...

Enzyme

...ced in inactive form as chymotrypsinogen in the pancreas and transported in this form to the stomach whe... prevents the enzyme from harmful digestion of the pancreas or other tissue. This type of inactive precursor to an enzyme is known as a zymogen . An enzyme c...

Digestion

...ignals the secretion of sodium bicarbonate in the pancreas and it stimulates the bile secretion in the li...stimulates the release of digestive enzymes in the pancreas and stimulates the emptying of bile in the gall bladder . This hormone is secreted in resonse to fa...

Diabetes mellitus

...ood. Insulin is produced by beta cells in the pancreas in response to rising levels of glucose in the bl...e beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans of the pancreas , destroying them or damaging them sufficiently to reduce insulin production. The autoimmune attack ...