Endothelial Transcytosis of Insulin: Does It Contribute to Insulin Resistance?

Most research on insulin resistance has focused on impaired signaling at the level of target tissues like skeletal muscle. Insulin delivery is also important and includes recruitment and perfusion of capillaries bearing insulin, but also the transit of insulin across the capillary endothelium. The mechanisms of this second stage (insulin transcytosis) and whether it contributes to insulin resistance remain uncertain. ©2016 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am. Physiol. Soc.