Endogenous definition
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Endogenous triglycerides are very sensitive to alcohol intake, emotional stress, diet and changes in weight.
The University has been engaged in research during the course of which it has invented, developed and/or acquired certain technology relating to Methods of Enhancing Expression of MHC-Class 1 Molecules Bearing Endogenous Peptides, and Methods of Identifying MHC-Class 1 Restricted Antigens Endogenously Processed by a Cellular Secretory Pathway, which research was undertaken by D▇.
Endogenous glucose production is mainly regulated by fluctuations in the insulin/glucagon ratio in the portal vein79,80.
Endogenous glucose production is also influenced by other hormones (cortisol, growth hormone), free fatty acids (FFA), gluconeogenic precursors, paracrine substances (cytokines, prostaglandins) and the autonomic nervous system.
Endogenous glucose production comprises 2 pathways: glycogenolysis, which is the break- down of glucose stored as glycogen, and gluconeogenesis, which is the synthesis of new glucose molecules from precursor molecules like amino acids (mainly alanine), glycerol and lactate.