Diabetic‑induced Alterations in Hepatic Glucose and Lipid Metabolism: The Role of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Review)

Overview

Journal Mol Med Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2020 May 30

PMID 32468027

Citations 45

Authors

Saizhi Jiang

Jamie L Young

Kai Wang

Yan Qian

Lu Cai

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Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a growing health concern in society. Type 1 and type 2 DM are the two main types of diabetes; both types are chronic diseases that affect glucose metabolism in the body and the impaired regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism promotes the development and progression of DM. During the physiological metabolism process, the liver serves a unique role in glucose and lipid metabolism. The present article aimed to review the association between DM and glucose metabolism in the liver and discuss the changes of the following hepatic glucose fluxes: Gluconeogenesis, glucose/glucose 6‑phosphate cycling, glycogenolysis, glycogenesis and the pentose phosphate pathway. Moreover, the incidence of fatty liver in DM was also investigated.

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