Biochemical adaptations of mammalian hibernation: exploring squirrels as a perspective model for naturally induced reversible insulin resistance

An important disease among human metabolic disorders is type 2 diabetes mellitus. This disorder involves multiple physiological defects that result from high blood glucose content and eventually lead to the onset of insulin resistance. The combination of insulin resistance, increased glucose product...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wu, C-W., Biggar, K.K., Storey, K.B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854349/