Insulin receptor binding in obesity: a reassessment.
A defect in the binding of insulin to circulating monocytes occurs when obese patients are hospitalized and fed a liberal carbohydrate diet. Under ordinary circumstances, most obese patients have normal insulin binding despite very high concentrations of serum insulin. These results show that insulin does not necessarily regulate its own receptor in vivo--as it does in vitro.
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D007328:Insulin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin