"Receptor, Insulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cell surface receptor for INSULIN. It comprises a tetramer of two alpha and two beta subunits which are derived from cleavage of a single precursor protein. The receptor contains an intrinsic TYROSINE KINASE domain that is located within the beta subunit. Activation of the receptor by INSULIN results in numerous metabolic changes including increased uptake of GLUCOSE into the liver, muscle, and ADIPOSE TISSUE.
| Descriptor ID |
D011972
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400.200 D12.776.543.750.630.484 D12.776.543.750.750.580.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, Insulin- Receptor, Insulin
- Receptors, Insulin
- Insulin Receptors
- Insulin Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
- Insulin Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinase
- Insulin Receptor
- Insulin-Dependent Tyrosine Protein Kinase
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Defective podocyte insulin signalling through p85-XBP1 promotes ATF6-dependent maladaptive ER-stress response in diabetic nephropathy. Nat Commun. 2015 Mar 10; 6:6496.
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Insulin-like growth factor-I can mediate autocrine proliferation of human small cell lung cancer cell lines in vitro. J Clin Invest. 1988 Jul; 82(1):354-9.