Insulin Action

The IRS-signalling system: A network of docking proteins that mediate insulin action.- Role of binding proteins to IRS-1 in insulin signalling.- Insulin regulation of the Ras activation/inactivation cycle.- Insulin signal transduction through protein kinase cascades.- Protein Phosphatase-1 and insulin action.- Insulin receptor internalization and signalling.- Spatial determinants of specificity in insulin action.- Binding of SH2 containing proteins to the insulin receptor: A new way for modulating insulin signalling.- Insulin receptor-associated protein tyrosine phosphatase(s): Role in insulin action.- Regulation of the insulin signalling pathway by cellular protein-tyrosine phosphatases.- Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase-1B acts as a negative regulator of insulin signal transduction.- Multifunctional actions of vanadium compounds on insulin signaling pathways: Evidence for preferential enhancement of metabolic versus mitogenic effects.- Regulation of the Na+/K+-ATPase by insulin: Why and how?.- Potential mechanism(s) involved in the regulation of glycogen synthesis by insulin.- Metabolic and therapeutic lessons from genetic manipulation of GLUT4.- Insulin action in skeletal muscle from patients with NIDDM.- Genetic manipulation of insulin action and ?-cell function in mice.- TNF-? and insulin resistance: Summary and future prospects.- Membrane glycoprotein PC-1 and insulin resistance.- Insulin action on protein Phosphatase-1 activation is enhanced by the antidiabetic agent pioglitazone in cultured diabetic hepatocytes.- Index to Volume 182.