Proinsulin, Total

Proinsulin, Total (Proinsulin, Total)

Insulin decreases blood glucose concentration. It increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids, and fatty acids. It accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle, and glycogen synthesis in liver. Insulin is a heterodimer of a B chain and an A chain, linked by two disulfide bonds. Defects in INS are the cause of familial hyperproinsulinemia and are a cause of diabetes mellitus insulin-dependent type 2 (IDDM2). IDDM2 is a multifactorial disorder of glucose homeostasis that is characterized by susceptibility to ketoacidosis in the absence of insulin therapy. Clinical fetaures are polydipsia, polyphagia and polyuria which result from hyperglycemia-induced osmotic diuresis and secondary thirst. These derangements result in long-term complications that affect the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and blood vessels.

Swiss-Prot Accession Number: P01308

 

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Publications

Dendritic cell immunotherapy followed by cART interruption during HIV-1 infection induces plasma protein markers of cellular immunity and neutrophil recruitment (2018) van den Ham HJ, Cooper J, Tomasik J, Bahn S, Aerts J, Oseterhaus A, Gruters R, Andeweg A PLoS One

Evidence for disturbed insulin and growth hormone signaling as potential risk factors in the development of schizophrenia. (2014) van Beveren NJ, Schwarz E, Noll R, Guest PC, Meijer C, de Haan L, Bahn S. Translational Psychiatry 2014 Aug 26;4:e430. doi: 10.1038/tp.2014.52.

Multiplex immunoassay analysis of plasma shows prominent upregulation of growth factor activity pathways linked to GSK3? signaling in bipolar patients (2013) Haenisch F, Alsaif M, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Dickerson F, Yolken R, Bahn S Journal of Affective Disorders

Identification of blood-based molecular signatures for prediction of response and relapse in schizophrenia patients (2012) Schwarz E, Guest PC, Steiner J, Bogerts B, Bahn S Translational Psychiatry (2012) 2, e82