"Insulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1).
| Descriptor ID |
D007328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.587.200.500.625 D12.644.548.586.200.500.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Insulin- Insulin
- Insulin, Regular
- Regular Insulin
- Soluble Insulin
- Insulin, Soluble
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Insulin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Insulin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insulin" by people in Profiles.
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Abbah QS, Amenyenu E, Aryee ANA, Onuh JO. Functional Carbohydrates as Innovative Food Ingredients in Diabetes Management: A Succinct Review. J Food Sci. 2025 Jul; 90(7):e70372.
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Sobhani NC, Huang Y, Venkatesh KK, Wright JD, Friedman AM, Wen T. Diabetes Technology Use in Pregnancies with Type 1 Diabetes in the United States from 2009 to 2020. Am J Perinatol. 2026 Mar; 43(4):453-460.
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Wang Z, Veerareddy V, Tang X, Thompson KJ, Krishnan S, Kalari KR, Kandimalla KK. QSP Modeling Shows Pathological Synergism Between Insulin Resistance and Amyloid-Beta Exposure in Upregulating VCAM1 Expression at the BBB Endothelium. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2025 Mar; 14(3):561-571.
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Davidson MB, Davidson SJ. Real-world evidence for computerized insulin dose-adjustment algorithms in the effective use of continuous glucose monitoring by primary care clinicians. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024 Aug; 26(8):3475-3477.
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Zhou AL, Swaminathan SK, Salian VS, Wang L, Curran GL, Min HK, Lowe VJ, Kandimalla KK. Insulin Signaling Differentially Regulates the Trafficking of Insulin and Amyloid Beta Peptides at the Blood-Brain Barrier. Mol Pharm. 2024 May 06; 21(5):2176-2186.
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Chang L, Goff HD, Ding C, Liu Q, Zhao S, Tao T, Lu R, Gao Y, Wu H, Guo L. Enhanced hypoglycemic effects of konjac glucomannan combined with Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua polysaccharide in complete nutritional liquid diet fed type 2 diabetes mice. Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 May; 266(Pt 1):131121.
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Moss ND, Wells KL, Theis A, Kim YK, Spigelman AF, Liu X, MacDonald PE, Sussel L. Modulation of insulin secretion by RBFOX2-mediated alternative splicing. Nat Commun. 2023 11 25; 14(1):7732.
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Lopez-Candales A, Monte S, Sawalha K, Norgard NB. Time to revisit the true role of metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Postgrad Med. 2023 08; 135(6):539-542.
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Vass RA, Bell EF, Roghair RD, Kiss G, Funke S, Bokor S, Moln?r D, Miseta A, B?dis J, Kov?cs K, Ertl T. Insulin, Testosterone, and Albumin in Term and Preterm Breast Milk, Donor Milk, and Infant Formula. Nutrients. 2023 Mar 19; 15(6).
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Davidson MB. A simplified straightforward protocol for the use of U-500 regular insulin. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2023 02; 25(2):634-636.