title: Role of Akt/protein kinase B in metabolism.
abstract: Since its discovery more than a decade ago, the Ser/Thr kinase Akt/PKB (protein kinase B) has been recognized as being remarkably well conserved across a broad range of species and involved in a diverse array of cellular processes. Among its many roles, Akt appears to be common to signaling pathways that mediate the metabolic effects of insulin in several physiologically important target tissues. Refining our understanding of those pivotal molecular components that normally coordinate insulin action throughout the body is essential for a full understanding of insulin resistance in diabetes mellitus and ultimately the successful treatment of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Dept Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 415 Curie Blvd, 322 Clinical Research Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Eileen L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Whiteman
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Morris J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006003:Glycogen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
chemical_list: D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C495693:Slc2a4 protein, mouse; D006003:Glycogen; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D005947:Glucose