Metabolism — Flashcards

Can mineralocorticoids still be produced if the mineralocorticoid pathway is blocked below the level of DOC (i.e. absence of 11-hydroxylase or aldosterone synthase)?_____

Toxin B from Clostridium difficile causes _____ (cytoskeleton disruption),thereby causing pseudomembranous colitis and diarrhea.

In chronic renal failure, decreased production of the active form of vitamin _____ by the kidney contributes to decreased ionized Ca2+

What non-volatile acid may be elevated with methanol ingestion? _____

What are the two starting substrates of folate synthesis (prokaryotes)?_____

Overall, the effects of insulin are _____ (anabolic, catabolic)

In addition to calcium, 1,25-(OH)2 D3 also increases the intestinal absorption of _____

Down syndrome presents with _____ inhibin A

Systemic mastocytosis can be characterized by prominent expression of mast cell _____

If protoporphyrin is deficient (e.g. sideroblastic anemia), iron remains trapped in the _____