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Gene expression in humans with diabetes and prediabetes: what have we learned about diabetes pathophysiology?
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care - 1 Jul 2004
Patti Mary-Elizabeth
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. In high-risk individuals, the earliest detectable abnormality is insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. Impaired insulin-mediated signaling, gene expression, and glycogen synthesis, and the accumulation of intramyocellular triglycerides have all been linked with insulin resistance, but no...
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