Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Glucose Metabolism

Glucose metabolism is the set of biochemical pathways by which cells take up, store, and oxidize glucose to generate energy and biosynthetic precursors. Glucose is phosphorylated and either oxidized through glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle with oxidative phosphorylation to yield ATP, diverted into the pen…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 36× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2578-2371 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Glucose metabolism is the set of biochemical pathways by which cells take up, store, and oxidize glucose to generate energy and biosynthetic precursors. Glucose is phosphorylated and either oxidized through glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle with oxidative phosphorylation to yield ATP, diverted into the pentose phosphate pathway to produce NADPH and ribose, or stored as glycogen, while gluconeogenesis regenerates glucose during fasting. These fluxes are coordinated by insulin, glucagon, and counter-regulatory hormones, and their dysregulation produces hyperglycaemia, insulin resistance, and the metabolic derangements of diabetes; altered glucose handling is also a feature of cancer-cell metabolism. The peer-reviewed work assembled here engages these themes within metabolic and hepatic research: the impact of nutrients on diabetes, targeting cell metabolism in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, dietary approaches to reversing obesity, the contribution of thyroid hormones in obesity, plant-derived agents for lowering blood glucose in type 2 diabetes, metabolomic profiling in type 2 diabetes, the physiology of adipose tissue, postprandial glycaemia following a high-fat meal, and impaired glucose regulation under low energy intake. Across these studies glucose metabolism appears through diabetes and obesity, the metabolic reprogramming of malignant cells, hormonal regulation, and the effects of diet and energy balance. The collection situates glucose metabolism as the central pathway of cellular energy provision whose disturbance underlies diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and altered metabolism in disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Adaptive Contribution of Thyroid Hormones in Obesity

Ozcelik FatihCorresponding author
University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey
Exact topic International Journal of Negative Results Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-18-2530
2014

Bioinformatics of Metabolomics in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Ahmad Sliem HamdyCorresponding author
Biochemistry and internal Medicine*, Basic oral and medical sciences, College of dentistry, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Exact topic Bioinformatics And Diabetes Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-13-212

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 36 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Spleen And Liver Research (ISSN 2578-2371).

Journal editorial board
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