Obesity-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle is characterised by defective activation of p42/p44 MAP kinase.

Insulin resistance (IR), an impaired cellular, tissue and whole body response to insulin, is a major pathophysiological defect of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Although IR is closely associated with obesity, the identity of the molecular defect(s) underlying obesity-induced IR in skeletal muscle remains...

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Main Authors: Antonio J Ruiz-Alcaraz, Christopher Lipina, John R Petrie, Michael J Murphy, Andrew D Morris, Calum Sutherland, Daniel J Cuthbertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0056928&type=printable
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