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by Tudor Toma

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Insulin resistance linked to CD36 deficiency

Patients with genetic CD36 deficiency have been found also to have insulin resistance.

Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010312-01

Published

12 March 2001

Insulin resistance is mainly characteristic for type 2 diabetes, a common disorder that is also a potent risk factor for coronary heart disease. Genetic associations with type 2 diabetes have recently been drawn, and genes underlying rare monogenic causes of insulin resistance have been identified. But the molecular basis of the common insulin resistance remains unknown.

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