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Super-resolution microscopy reveals the insulin-resistance-regulated reorganization of GLUT4 on plasma membranes.
Journal of cell science - 15 Jan 2017
Gao Lan, Chen Junling, Gao Jing, Wang Hongda, Xiong Wenyong
Abstract excerpt
GLUT4 (also known as SLC2A4) is essential for glucose uptake in skeletal muscles and adipocytes, which play central roles in whole-body glucose metabolism. Here, using direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) to investigate the characteristics of plasma-membrane-fused GLUT4 at the single-molecule level, we have demonstrated that insulin and insulin resistance regulate the spatial organization...
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