| Literature DB >> 15467824 |
Abstract
The etiology of type 2 diabetes is characterized by obesity, insulin and leptin resistance, and compensatory beta cell hyperplasia followed by islet degeneration, resulting in the eventual dysregulation of glucose and lipid homeostasis. The recent identification of insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2) as a central player in the pathophysiology of many of these processes suggests a potentially unifying molecular link underlying the initiation and progression of type 2 diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15467824 PMCID: PMC518671 DOI: 10.1172/JCI23108
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808