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glycogen
glycogen
glycogen A highly branched homo-polysaccharide that is composed of D-
glucose units. It is not found in plants, but does occur in some
bacteria,
cyanobacteria, and
fungi.
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Reduced glycogen availability is associated with increased AMPK[alpha]2 activity, nuclear AMPK[alpha]2 protein abundance, and GLUT4 mRNA expression in contracting human skeletal muscle.(glucose transporter 4)
Magazine article from: Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Glycogen availability can influence glucose transporter...isoform is enhanced when skeletal muscle glycogen is low. In this study, we investigated if decreased pre-exercise muscle glycogen levels and increased AMPK [alpha]2 activity...
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Temporal patterns of tissue glycogen, glucose, and glycogen phosphorylase activity prior to hibernation in freeze-tolerant chorus frogs, Pseudacris triseriata.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Zoology; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...mobilization of glucose as a cryoprotectant from hepatic glycogen stores upon the initiation of freezing (Storey...in freezing survival is correlated with hepatic glycogen stores; low glycogen stores result in low freezing survival (Jenkins...
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Unsaturated fatty acids associated with glycogen may inhibit glucose-6 phosphatase in rat liver
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Unsaturated Fatty Acids Associated with Glycogen May Inhibit Glucose-6 Phosphatase in...conducted to identify the nature of a glycogen-associated compound that had been shown...inhibit glucose-6 phosphatase in vitro. Glycogen was purified from the liver of fed rats...
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Acetic acid feeding enhances glycogen repletion in liver and skeletal muscle of rats
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Acetic Acid Feeding Enhances Glycogen Repletion in Liver and Skeletal Muscle...the main component of vinegar, on glycogen repletion in rats. Rats were allowed...greater liver and gastrocnemius muscle glycogen concentration than the control group...
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Carbs to muscle: seven ways to enhance your muscle glycogen stores without increasing bodyfat.(NUTRITION)
Magazine article from: Flex; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...stored inside muscles--called muscle glycogen--can determine whether or not muscles...state. How vital are well-stocked glycogen stores? Protein intake above and beyond...enough" won't boost muscle mass if glycogen stores are too low. On the other hand...
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Abnormal glycogen storage demonstrated in type 2 diabetic subjects.
Newspaper article from: Clinical Trials Week; 5/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abnormal glycogen storage was directly demonstrated by [superscript...to-day pathophysiology of impaired muscle glycogen storage in type 2 diabetes, glycogen concentrations were measured before and after...
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Phosphorylase inactivation plays role in glycogen supercompensation.
Newspaper article from: World Disease Weekly; 11/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...inactivation plays a role in insulin-independent glycogen supercompensation in isolated mouse skeletal...Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, "Glycogen supercompensation (increase in muscle glycogen content above basal) is an established phenomenon...
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Glycogen-rich malignant melanomas and glycogen-rich balloon cell malignant melanomas: Frequency and pattern of PAS positivity in primary and metastatic melanomas
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Objective.-After identifying a metastatic glycogen-rich balloon cell malignant melanoma...metastatic lesions. The presence of glycogen was confirmed by transmission electron...with the presence of intracytoplasmic glycogen, is seen in many primary and metastatic...
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Case Report: Liver Glycogen Synthase Deficiency--A Cause of Ketotic Hypoglycemia.
Magazine article from: Pediatrics; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Glycogen synthase deficiency is a rare inborn error...affected children have been reported; in 7 glycogen synthase deficiency was confirmed biochemically...may alert the clinician to distinguish glycogen synthase deficiency from other conditions...
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Interaction between glutamine availability and metabolism of glycogen, tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and glutathione
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Glutamine Availability and Metabolism of Glycogen, Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Intermediates...oral glutamine promoted skeletal muscle glycogen storage. However, when glutamine was...2490S, 2001. KEY WORDS: * glutamine * glycogen storage * glutathione * glucosamine...
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glycogen
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
glycogen In the 1840s and 50s, Claude Bernard...years before the medical significance of glycogen storage came to light, when defective...deficiencies, whilst deliberate boosting of glycogen storage in muscle before a marathon run...
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Glycogen Storage Diseases
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Glycogen Storage Diseases Definition Glycogen serves as the primary fuel reserve for the body's energy needs. Glycogen storage diseases, also known as glycogenoses, are genetically linked metabolic disorders that involve the enzymes regulating...
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glycogen storage diseases
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
glycogen storage diseases A group of rare genetic diseases characterized by excessive accumulation of glycogen in liver and/or muscles and, in some forms, profound hypoglycaemia in the fasting state. Treatment is by feeding small frequent meals, rich in carbohydrate.
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Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...increases the rate of conversion of liver glycogen to glucose, an effect counteracted by...increases the rate of conversion of muscle glycogen to lactate, with the formation of hexosemonophosphate...formation of glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen is effected by a new enzyme, phosphorylase...
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Pompe Disease
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
...Description Pompe disease is also known as glycogen storage disease, type II. Glucose molecules...sugar, and glucose is stored in the body as glycogen. In this form of the disease, glycogen accumulates in discreet structures in the...
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