KROK 1 2019 – Question 56 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Chronic overdose of glucocorticoids leads to the development of hyperglycemia in a patient. Name the process of carbohydrate metabolism that results in elevated blood glucose levels:
- A. Aerobic glycolysis
- B. Pentose-phosphate pathway
- C. Glycogenesis
- D. Gluconeogenesis
- E. Glycogenolysis
Hint
Think about what glucocorticoids do to key liver enzymes and to protein breakdown in peripheral tissues, and how both affect glucose output.
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