Top Document: diabetes FAQ: general (part 1 of 5) Previous Document: What are mg/dl and mmol/l? How to convert? Glucose? Cholesterol? Next Document: What's type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Thanks to Andrew Torres <andym(AT)ku.edu> for this section. C-peptide blood levels can indicate whether or not a person is producing insulin and roughly how much. Insulin is initially synthesized in the form of proinsulin. In this form the alpha and beta chains of active insulin are linked by a third polypeptide chain called the connecting peptide, or c-peptide, for short. Because both insulin and c-peptide molecules are secreted, for every molecule of insulin in the blood, there is one of c-peptide. Therefore, levels of c-peptide in the blood can be measured and used as an indicator of insulin production in those cases where exogenous insulin (from injection) is present and mixed with endogenous insulin (that produced by the body) a situation that would make meaningless a measurement of insulin itself. The c-peptide test can also be used to help assess if high blood glucose is due to reduced insulin production or to reduced glucose intake by the cells. There is little or no c-peptide in blood of type 1 diabetics, and c-peptide levels in type 2 diabetics can be reduced or normal. The concentrations of c-peptide in non-diabetics are on the order of 0.5-3.0 ng/ml. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: diabetes FAQ: general (part 1 of 5) Previous Document: What are mg/dl and mmol/l? How to convert? Glucose? Cholesterol? Next Document: What's type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: edward@paleo.org
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