GLUT4 is reduced in slow muscle fibers of type 2 diabetic patients: Is insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes a slow, type 1 fiber disease? - GASTER, Michael; STAEHR, Peter; BECK-NIELSEN, Henning; SCHRØDER, Henrick D; HANDBERG, Aase (Diabetes (New York, N.Y.), 2001)
Keywords: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Blood glucose; Blood sugar; Blotting, Western; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Glucose Transporter Type 4; Humans; Insulin; Insulin Resistance; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Monosaccharide Transport Proteins - metabolism; Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch - metabolism; Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch - metabolism; Muscle Proteins; Obesity - metabolism; Physiological aspects; Reference Values; Striated muscle; Type 2 diabetes; Denmark; Endocrinopathy; Human; Obesity; Pathophysiology; Muscular fiber; Glucose; Striated muscle; Non insulin dependent diabetes; Insulin; Target tissue resistance; Metabolic disorder; Localization; Morphometry; Carrier protein