amylin

amylin

* * *

am·yl·in (amґə-lin) a 37–amino acid polypeptide with over 40 per cent homology with calcitonin gene–related peptide, occurring packaged with insulin in the beta cell secretory granules in normal pancreatic islets; it is also a major component of islet amyloid in patients with type 2 diabetes. Amylin inhibits insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis in isolated skeletal muscle and inhibits insulin-induced glucose utilization in vivo. Called also islet amyloid polypeptide.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Amylin — Amylin, or Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP), is a 37 residue peptide hormone secreted by pancreatic β cells at the same time as insulin (in a roughly 100:1 ratio). PBB Summary section title = summary text = Islet, or insulinoma, amyloid… …   Wikipedia

  • Amylīn — Amylīn, dem Dextrin verwandte, nach rechts polarisierende, nicht vergärbare Substanz im technischen Traubenzucker, wird bei der Dialyse nicht wie Dextrin zurückgehalten und gibt bei Behandlung mit Schwefelsäure Zucker, wird zum Nachweis von… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Amylin — Insel Amyloid Polypeptid Primärstruktur von Amylin mit Disulfidbrücke und Spaltstellen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. — Amylin Pharmaceuticals Amylin Pharmaceuticals Dates clés 1987 : Création …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Amylin Pharmaceuticals — Rechtsform Aktiengesellschaft Gründung 1987 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Amylin Pharmaceuticals — Dates clés 1987 : Création Forme juridique Public (NASDAQ: AMLN) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Amylin Pharmaceuticals — Infobox Company company name = Amylin Pharmaceuticals company company type = Public (NASDAQ|AMLN) company slogan = Challenging Science, Changing Lives. foundation = 1987 location = San Diego, California key people = num employees = 1900… …   Wikipedia

  • amylin — Natural hormone produced by pancreatic beta cells that moderates the glucose lowering effects of insulin. One of the calcitonin family peptides …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • amylin — noun a) The dextrin of starch b) An amyloid polypeptide …   Wiktionary

  • amylin — …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”