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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
blood adiponectin level +  
blood adrenocorticotropic hormone level (ACTH) +  
blood angiotensin I level +  
blood angiotensin II level +  
blood B-type natriuretic peptide level +  
blood bradykinin level +  
blood gastric inhibitory polypeptide level +  
blood glucagon level +  
blood glucagon-like peptide 1 level +  
blood growth hormone level +  
blood insulin level +   
The amount of insulin, the fuel-regulating peptide hormone which is formed from proinsulin in the beta cells of the pancreatic islets and which promotes the storage of glucose and the uptake of amino acids, increases protein and lipid synthesis, and inhibits lipolysis and gluconeogenesis, in a specified sample of blood, the fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins carrying nutrients and oxygen to the body tissues and metabolites away from them.
blood insulin-like growth factor 1 level +   
blood insulin-like growth factor 2 level +  
blood leptin level +   
blood osteocalcin level +  
blood parathyroid hormone level +  
blood pro-A-type natriuretic peptide level +  
blood prolactin level +  
blood thyroid stimulating hormone level +   
blood urotensin II level +  
blood vasopressin level +  

Synonyms
Narrow Synonyms: fasting blood insulin measurement
Xrefs: EFO:0004466
Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982, Saunders:Saunders_Comprehensive_Veterinary_Dictionary--3rd_Ed

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