The illustration below is from Vol. 269(41): 25502-14, 1994 of the Journal of Biological Chemistry
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The effects of insulin are mimicked in the heart by the addition of ketone bodies. Ketone bodies are the physiological response of the animal to insulin deficiency. Ketone bodies can therefore replace many of the affects of insulin.
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