Insulin resistance is concomitant with type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and other features of the metabolic syndrome. Because insulin resistance is associated with cardiovascular disease, both ...

Researchers from the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) and the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have studied the temporal pattern of insulin action on protein kinases in human muscle cells in ...

A newly discovered mechanism that leads to liver dysfunction may be a key factor in type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders in individuals with obesity, according to a new study led by Harvard T ...

Insulin resistance is a growing health concern worldwide, linked to a variety of conditions such as type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Alzheimer's disease, metabolic syndrome, and ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon raises it. But that’s much too simple, new research says.

Insulin under normal circumstances exerts its antiatherogenic action in endothelial cells and VSMCs via the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway. Antiatherogenic aspects of insulin action include stimulation ...