Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Differential hepatic distribution of insulin receptor substrates causes selective insulin resistance in diabetes and obesity

  • Naoto Kubota,
  • Tetsuya Kubota,
  • Eiji Kajiwara,
  • Tomokatsu Iwamura,
  • Hiroki Kumagai,
  • Taku Watanabe,
  • Mariko Inoue,
  • Iseki Takamoto,
  • Takayoshi Sasako,
  • Katsuyoshi Kumagai,
  • Motoyuki Kohjima,
  • Makoto Nakamuta,
  • Masao Moroi,
  • Kaoru Sugi,
  • Tetsuo Noda,
  • Yasuo Terauchi,
  • Kohjiro Ueki,
  • Takashi Kadowaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12977
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Type 2 diabetes and obesity are associated with increased hepatic gluconeogenesis and lipogenesis, known as selective insulin resistance. Here Kubota et al. explain selective insulin resistance in the liver with the zonal distribution and selective insulin-mediated regulation of Irs1 and Irs2.