Fraction of total insulin in the body bound to liver receptors

Value 80 %
Organism Unspecified
Reference Duckworth WC, Bennett RG, Hamel FG. Insulin degradation: progress and potential. Endocr Rev. 1998 Oct19(5):608-24.PubMed ID9793760
Primary Source Hovorka R, Powrie JK, Smith GD, Sonksen PH, Carson ER, Jones RH 1993 Five-compartment model of insulin kinetics and its use to investigate action of chloroquine in NIDDM. Am J Physiol 265:E162–E175PubMed ID8338148
Method Estimation using a five-compartment model
Entered by Uri M
ID 103356