Raison d'être of insulin resistance: The adjustable threshold hypothesis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 101, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Guanyu ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bistability; Glucose insulin homeostasis; Insulin resistance; Insulin signalling pathway; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SIGNALLING; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; PERIPHERAL TISSUE; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; TYPE-2 DIABETES;

INSULIN;

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; HYSTERESIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 84928914625     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0892     Document Type: Article

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