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Receptors, Glucagon

"Receptors, Glucagon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Receptors, Glucagon" by people in this website by year, and whether "Receptors, Glucagon" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 7 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 2005 and 2010 and 2012 and 2014 and 2015 and 2020
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