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Only one human fat cell subtype responds to insulin stimulation
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Only one human fat cell subtype responds to insulin stimulation

by  Karolinska Institutet High-resolution model of six insulin molecules assembled in a hexamer. Credit: Isaac Yonemoto/Wikipedia It is well known that fat cells can influence our sensitivity to insulin. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that there are three different subtypes of mature fat cells in white adipose tissue and that it is only one...