Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 and the Insulin Receptor, But Not Insulin, Regulate Fetal Hepatic Glycogen Synthesis
Liang L, Guo W, Esquiliano D, Asai M, Rodriguez S, Giraud J, Kushner J, White M, Lopez M. Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 and the Insulin Receptor, But Not Insulin, Regulate Fetal Hepatic Glycogen Synthesis. Endocrinology 2009, 151: 741-747. PMID: 20032056, PMCID: PMC2817628, DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlycogen synthesisInsulin receptorFetal liverInsulin receptor substrate 2Insulin-like growth factor 2Knockout mouse strainIR-A isoformGlycogen synthaseMajor regulatorGrowth factor 2Akt proteinSubstrate 2Insulin receptor isoformsGlycogen metabolismIgf2 deficiencyPDX-1Factor 2Receptor isoformsHepatic glycogen synthesisHepatic glycogen metabolismINSRIGF2Fetal hepatocytesIsoformsMouse strains