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Selenoprotein P (Sepp1) is central to selenium homeostasis and widely expressed in the organism. Here we review the interaction between Sepp1 and glucose metabolism with an emphasis on experimental evidence. In models with or without gene modification, glucose and insulin can regulate Sepp1 expression in the pancreas and liver, and vice versa. Especially in the liver, Sepp1 is regulated virtually like a gluconeogenic enzyme. Combining these data suggests that there could be a feedback regulation between hepatic Sepp1 and pancreatic insulin and that increasing circulating Sepp1 might be the result rather than the cause of abnormal glucose metabolism. Future studies specifically designed to overexpress Sepp1 are needed in order to provide a more robust link between Sepp1 and type 2 diabetes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu5061937","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,29]],"date-time":"2013-05-29T11:59:57Z","timestamp":1369828797000},"page":"1937-1948","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["The Relationship between Selenoprotein P and Glucose Metabolism in Experimental Studies"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Jinyuan","family":"Mao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Endocrine Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, North Nanjing Street, Shenyang 110001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weiping","family":"Teng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Endocrine Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, North Nanjing Street, Shenyang 110001, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"164","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brainresrev.2004.03.004","article-title":"Selenium and brain function: A poorly recognized liaison","volume":"45","author":"Schweizer","year":"2004","journal-title":"Brain Res. 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