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Production Assistant, Diabetes In Control

Considering Ethnicity

Do you consider ethnicity when determining the best treatment options for your patients? Follow the link to see how you and your colleagues compare.

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GliControl Diabetes

GliControl allows you to keep a daily log for diabetes. View a list of glucose records/carbohydrates/insulin, insulin assistant, analysis. reports. medications with alerts, and much more.

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International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #153: Monogenic Disorders of the Beta Cell Part 3

Glucokinase MODY: Glucokinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate. Its unique kinetic properties result in the rate of glucose phosphorylation being proportional to the physiologic glucose concentration. This means that the beta cell and hepatocyte can respond appropriately to fluctuations in the degree of glycemia. In the pancreatic beta cell, glucokinase acts as “the glucose sensor” ensuring insulin release is appropriate to the blood glucose concentration.

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