Higher intramuscular triacylglycerol in women does not impair insulin sensitivity and proximal insulin signaling

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 824-831

  Høeg, Louise ^a   Roepstorff, Carsten ^a   Thiele, Maja ^a   Richter, Erik A ^a   Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P ^a   Kiens, Bente ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Insulin action; Muscle triacylglycerol; Sex paradox

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; OXYGEN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; SERINE; THREONINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLYCOGEN; HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIROMETRY; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749085980     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91382.2008     Document Type: Article

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