High Levels of Insulin and LDL Have Identical Regulatory Effects

question 3

Multiple Choice

High levels of insulin and LDL have identical regulatory effects on the number of their respective cell surface receptors expressed by a cell. For both of these ligand-receptor systems this phenomenon is classified as

• A) homologous up-regulation.
• B) homologous down-regulation.
• C) heterologous up-regulation.
• D) heterologous down-regulation.
• E) none of the above.

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Definitions:

Government

Government refers to the group or system of individuals governing an organized community, often a state, and it is responsible for creating and enforcing laws, policies, and regulations.

Total Surplus

The sum of consumer and producer surplus, representing the total net benefit to society from the production and consumption of goods or services.

AC

Short for Alternating Current, a type of electrical current where the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction.

MC

Marginal Cost, the increase in total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a product or service.