Insulin decreases blood glucose concentration. It increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids and fatty acids. It accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle, and glycogen synthesis in liver.
"Positional cloning of Sorcs1, a type 2 diabetes quantitative trait locus."
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