A ceramide-centric view of insulin resistance

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 585-594

  Chavez, Jose A ^a   Summers, Scott A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Singapore Graduate Medical School   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; CERAMIDE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE;

BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CERAMIDES; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MICE; OBESITY; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 84860482342     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.04.002     Document Type: Review

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