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One of her most significant discoveries was that levels of beta-cell-tropin, an insulin secretagogue hormone, were elevated in the blood of obese individuals.
Beloff-Chain, Anne (1921–1991) British biochemist internationally recognized for her work on the metabolism of carbohydrates and hormonal aspects of diabetes. Name variations: Anne Beloff Chain.
One of her most significant discoveries was that levels of beta-cell-tropin, an insulin secretagogue hormone, were elevated in the blood of obese individuals. She was promoted to professor of biochemistry in 1983, but she decided to leave with her research team in 1985.
ANNE BELOFF-CHAIN. J D Lever. The biochemical parameters of blood glucose, serum insulin and pancreatic insulin and glucagon were determined after single injections of the diabetogenic agent...
Anne Beloff-Chain (Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK) SUMMARY. Hyperinsulinaemia is a consistent feature of obesity; studies on the hyperactivity of the ~-cell function of the endocrine pancreas in experimental and genetic obesity in rodents are described.
Chain. Dr Anne Beloff-Chain also continued her studies on insulin and the control of carbohydrate metabolism in the new department as Reader in Metabolic Biochemistry.
Anne Beloff-Chain and others alloxan diabetic rats in the presence and absence of insulin.* By a quantitative application of the radio paper-chromatography technique, in addition to CO2 and glycogen, all the radioactive metabolites appearing on the chromatograms of an aqueous ethanolic extract of the muscle, in the insoluble residue and in the
