Determinants of hepatic insulin clearance – results from a Mendelian Randomization study

Besides insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes associates with decreased hepatic insulin clearance (HIC). We now tested for causal relationship of HIC to liver fat accumulation or features of the metabolic syndrome.

Source: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental - April 13, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Apostolia Lamprinou, Caroline Willmann, J ürgen Machann, Fritz Schick, Sabine S. Eckstein, Chiara Dalla Man, Roberto Visentin, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Andreas Peter, Norbert Stefan, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Fritsche, Martin Heni, Robert Wagner Source Type: research