Transport Of Glucose To A Probe In Adipose Tissue

This chapter describes a model of transport of glucose in subcutaneous tissue from capillary to microdialysis probe. It is based on the well-known extraction equation and the histology of the subcutaneous tissue. We present arguments for a simple scheme in which the mean capillary concentration of glucose is the driving force for diffusion of glucose from the capillary to a microdialysis probe. Insertion effects seen as a microdialysis probe is placed in the subcutaneous tissue can be explained by a lower glucose concentration around the probe due to an inflammation reaction and by a slow increase on the number of functioning capillaries around the probe due to wound healing.