This is similar to the action of insulin normally produced by your pancreas to help control blood sugar levels between meals. Long-acting insulins are also called basal or background insulins.

Insulin is secreted by your pancreas in small amounts throughout the day and in larger amounts after meals. This transfers glucose from food into muscle, liver, and fat cells to use as energy or ...

A summary of the glucose infusion data is presented in Table 2. The total insulin secreted during the whole test (sum of values obtained at each sampling) was 1472 ± 406, 3540 ± 376 and 5885 ± ...

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Objective: Somatostatin (SST) is secreted by islet δ-cells and by extraislet neuroendocrine cells. SST receptors have been identified on α- and β-cells, and exogenous SST inhibits insulin and ...