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  • Title: Kinetics of glucose disposal in whole body and across the forearm in man.
    Author: Yki-Järvinen H, Young AA, Lamkin C, Foley JE.
    Journal: J Clin Invest; 1987 Jun; 79(6):1713-9. PubMed ID: 3294899.
    Abstract:
    We reevaluated the concept that the in vivo glucose disposal rate in man is determined by the activity of the glucose transport system. Rates of glucose disposal were determined in whole body and across forearm at four insulin levels (approximately 9, approximately 50, approximately 160, and approximately 1700 microU/ml) and at each insulin level at four glucose levels (approximately 90, approximately 160, approximately 250, and approximately 400 mg/dl). At the lowest insulin level, the Michaelis constants (Ks:s) for glucose disposal in whole body (8.7 +/- 1.1 mM) and across forearm (7.4 +/- 1.4) mM) were compatible with a Ks determined in vitro for the transport system. At higher insulin levels, the apparent Ks increased significantly in whole body (16.2-37.7 mM) and across forearm (20.7-31.2 mM). We interpret the apparent increase of Ks by insulin to reflect a shift in the rate-limiting step from glucose transport to some step beyond transport.
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