Open AccessAsian Indians Have Enhanced Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Capacity to Produce ATP in Association With Severe Insulin Resistance
Author(s) -
K. Sreekumaran Nair,
Maureen L. Bigelow,
Yan W. Asmann,
Lisa S. Chow,
Jill M. Coenen-Schimke,
Katherine A. Klaus,
ZengKui Guo,
Sreekumar Raghavakaimal,
Brian A. Irving
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1939-327X
pISSN - 0012-1797
DOI - 10.2337/db07-1556
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , skeletal muscle , medicine , endocrinology , insulin , biology
Type 2 diabetes has become a global epidemic, and Asian Indians have a higher susceptibility to diabetes than Europeans. We investigated whether Indians had any metabolic differences compared with Northern European Americans that may render them more susceptible to diabetes.
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