Pub. Date : 2010 Apr
PMID : 20216312
2 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
| 1 | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Inhibition of sphingolipid synthesis increases insulin sensitivity, resolves hepatic steatosis, and prevents the onset of diabetes in obese rodents. | Sphingolipids | insulin | Homo sapiens |
| 2 | Why: sphingolipids have an evolutionarily conserved role to starve cells of nutrients, and the inhibition of insulin action is possibly a component of this broader action. | Sphingolipids | insulin | Homo sapiens |