glucagon
Glucagon is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps regulate blood sugar levels by increasing glucose release from the liver into the bloodstream.
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- alpha cells
- amylin
- beta cells
- blood glucose control
- blood sugar
- blood sugar control
- blood sugar levels
- continuous glucose monitoring systems
- counterregulatory hormones
- diabetes
- diabetic ketoacidosis
- fasting blood glucose
- glucagon receptor
- glucagonoma
- gluconeogenesis
- glucose
- glucose metabolism
- glycemic control
- glycogen
- glycogenolysis
- hyperinsulinemia
- hypoglycemia
- hypoglycemia unawareness
- incretin hormones
- insulin release
- insulin resistance
- islets of langerhans
- pancreas
- somatostatin
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- glucagon receptor signaling pathway
- glucagon receptor-mediated effects
- glucagon regulation
- glucagon secretion
- glucagon secretion in islet cells
- glucagon signaling
- glucagon-like peptide-1 (glp-1)
- hyperglucagonemia
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