The dynamic clustering of insulin receptor underlies its signaling and is disrupted in insulin resistance

oleh: Alessandra Dall’Agnese, Jesse M. Platt, Ming M. Zheng, Max Friesen, Giuseppe Dall’Agnese, Alyssa M. Blaise, Jessica B. Spinelli, Jonathan E. Henninger, Erin N. Tevonian, Nancy M. Hannett, Charalampos Lazaris, Hannah K. Drescher, Lea M. Bartsch, Henry R. Kilgore, Rudolf Jaenisch, Linda G. Griffith, Ibrahim I. Cisse, Jacob F. Jeppesen, Tong I. Lee, Richard A. Young

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01

Deskripsi

The authors find that the insulin receptor forms dynamic clusters during insulin signaling and that these clusters become dysfunctional in insulin resistance. This dysfunction is partially rescued by metformin, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.