 Receptors, Glucagon
"Receptors, Glucagon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell surface receptors that bind glucagon with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. Activation of glucagon receptors causes a variety of effects; the best understood is the initiation of a complex enzymatic cascade in the liver which ultimately increases the availability of glucose to body organs.
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D018027
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.100.330 D12.776.543.750.750.580.350
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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