"Insulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1).
| Descriptor ID |
D007328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.587.200.500.625 D12.644.548.586.200.500.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Insulin- Insulin
- Insulin, Regular
- Regular Insulin
- Soluble Insulin
- Insulin, Soluble
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insulin" by people in Profiles.
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Associations between decreases in adiposity and reductions in HbA1c and insulin use in the Look AHEAD cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Mar; 33(3):612-620.
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Competitive protein adsorption in isocratic anion exchange chromatography. J Chromatogr A. 2024 Aug 16; 1730:465114.
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Changes in tear glucose and insulin concentrations following an oral glucose tolerance test. Clin Exp Optom. 2023 09; 106(7):752-758.
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Recent Developments in Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Screening of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Curr Diab Rep. 2022 03; 22(3):95-115.
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Delay-induced uncertainty for a paradigmatic glucose-insulin model. Chaos. 2021 Feb; 31(2):023142.
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Role of angiotensin type 2 receptor in improving lipid metabolism and preventing adiposity. Mol Cell Biochem. 2019 Nov; 461(1-2):195-204.
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Videogames That Encourage Healthy Behavior Did Not Alter Fasting Insulin or Other Diabetes Risks in Children: Randomized Clinical Trial. Games Health J. 2019 Aug; 8(4):257-264.
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Noninvasive glucose sensing by transcutaneous Raman spectroscopy. J Biomed Opt. 2015 May; 20(5):051036.
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Angiotensin AT(2) receptor contributes towards gender bias in weight gain. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e48425.
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Effects of insulin and high glucose on mobilization of slo1 BKCa channels in podocytes. J Cell Physiol. 2011 Sep; 226(9):2307-15.