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Yes or NO question: Insulin Resistance (Circulatory, Catabolic and Cellular) can be assessed by measuring triacylglycerol level in serum?

<p>Role of Insulin in TAG formation and insertion inside cells!</p>

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Question added by Salem Mohamed Mohamed Elsafty
Date Posted: 2014/09/24
SATYAMURTHY G D V
by SATYAMURTHY G D V , Tutor in Dept of Biochemistry , Guntur Medical College Guntur

Yes ,

because at a high concentration of FFA which doesn't require a carrier to cross the membrane the cell prefer to take them for energy(1 gm =9 Kcal) requirement rather than glucose which is taken up by the GLUT4  for which insulin is required.

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