Insulin receptors are widely distributed in human brain and bind human and porcine insulin with equal affinity

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1044-1050

  Hopkins, D F C ^a,b   Williams, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human brain; Human insulin; Insulin binding; Insulin receptor; Porcine insulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BINDING; INSULIN METABOLISM; MALE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR GENE; SWINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SWINE;

EID: 0031454481     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199712)14:12<1044::AID-DIA508>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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