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[Insulin resistance. Receptor and post-receptor abnormalities].
Minerva endocrinologica - 1 Jun 1998
Liguori M, Urso R, Fatigante G
Abstract excerpt
Insulin action starts with binding to a membrane receptor (insulin receptor-tyrosine kinase) and with activating an insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) and substrate 2 (IRS-2). Insulin receptors interact at least with three cascade reactions, phosphorylating G proteins and IRS-1, that activate PLC "ras" and PI-3-K. NIDDM can be defined as a disease caused by defective transduction of insulin signals and IR as a...
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