与糖尿病人打交道最多的一个名词莫过于“胰岛素”了,胰岛究竟是一个什么东西呢?北京大学第一医院内分泌科的贾培红副主任医师为了加深记者的认识,将记者请进了该院的糖尿病防治教育中心电化教室。通过幻灯片可以看到:在胃的后下方,有一个外形像牛舌的腺体,这就是胰腺。胰腺分泌出的一种激素,像一个个不规则的小岛一样浮游在胰腺的周围,这就是我们常说的胰岛素。胰岛素能促进肝脏和肌肉内动物淀粉的生成,加速组织中葡萄糖的氧化和利用,从而调节体内血糖的含量。胰岛素分泌量减低时即引起糖尿病。我们可以设想一下,胰岛上可以承载一些物质,当主人进食时,这些食 One of the most popular terms for dealing with people with diabetes is “insulin”, what is the islet? Jia Peihong, Chief Physician, Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital In order to deepen the understanding of reporters, the reporter was invited to the hospital Diabetes prevention and education center of the classroom. Through the slide you can see: In the back of the stomach, there is a gland shaped like a tongue, which is the pancreas. A hormone secreted by the pancreas, floating like an irregular island around the pancreas, is what we often refer to as insulin. Insulin can promote the formation of starch in the liver and muscle animals, accelerate the oxidation and utilization of glucose in the tissue, thereby regulating the content of blood glucose in the body. When insulin secretion is reduced, it causes diabetes. We can imagine, the islets can carry some of the material, when the owner eating, these foods