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| Title |
Normal Glucose Metabolism in Carnivores Overlaps with Diabetes Pathology in Non-Carnivores
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in endocrinology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fendo.2013.00188 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas Schermerhorn |
| Abstract |
Carnivores, such as the dolphin and the domestic cat, have numerous adaptations that befit consumption of diets with high protein and fat content, with little carbohydrate content. Consequently, nutrient metabolism in carnivorous species differs substantially from that of non-carnivores. Important metabolic pathways known to differ between carnivores and non-carnivores are implicated in the development of diabetes and insulin resistance in non-carnivores: (1) the hepatic glucokinase (GCK) pathway is absent in healthy carnivores yet GCK deficiency may result in diabetes in rodents and humans, (2) healthy dolphins and cats are prone to periods of fasting hyperglycemia and exhibit insulin resistance, both of which are risk factors for diabetes in non-carnivores. Similarly, carnivores develop naturally occurring diseases such as hemochromatosis, fatty liver, obesity, and diabetes that have strong parallels with the same disorders in humans. Understanding how evolution, environment, diet, and domestication may play a role with nutrient metabolism in the dolphin and cat may also be relevant to human diabetes. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 39 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 21% |
| Australia | 4 | 10% |
| Canada | 3 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| South Africa | 2 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 18% |
| Scientists | 5 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 116 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Other | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Researcher | 11 | 9% |
| Other | 26 | 22% |
| Unknown | 26 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 30 | 26% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 17 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 May 2022.
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