Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
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The reason behind obese individuals being insulinresistant.

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In Type II diabetes, the cells of the target tissue become insensitive to insulin. In response to such a condition, the body starts to produce higher quantities of insulin. One of the most common results of high insulin levels in the blood is hyperinsulinemia. Hyperinsulinemia results inreduction of the mass of functional β pancreatic cells.

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