title: Responses to human and porcine insulin in healthy subjects.
abstract: In a double-blind randomised study, eight healthy men received equimolar amounts of human or porcine insulin by infusion (50 mU/kg per hour). Insulin potencies, in terms of the amount of glucose infused to maintain euglycaemia, were almost identical. Hypoglycaemia (blood glucose concentration 2 mmol/l or below) was then induced and the symptoms and hormonal counter-regulatory responses were recorded. The number of sympathoadrenergic (but not neuroglycopenic) symptoms was significantly greater with porcine than with human insulin, as was the integrated noradrenaline response. Glucagon, growth hormone, cortisol, and adrenaline responses were similar for the two insulins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Heine
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van der Heyden
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van der Veen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013552:Swine; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine