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Full-Text Articles in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics

Protein Phosphatase 2a Interactions In Islet And Human Skeletal Muscle In Diabetes, Divyasri Damacharla Jan 2017

Protein Phosphatase 2a Interactions In Islet And Human Skeletal Muscle In Diabetes, Divyasri Damacharla

Wayne State University Dissertations

Type 2 Diabetes is a metabolic disorder associated with insulin resistance and consequent high blood glucose levels. Under normal conditions, in response to high blood glucose levels, pancreatic beta cells produce insulin. The secreted insulin is dis-tributed to tissues thereby stimulating insulin stimulated glucose uptake. However, maximum glucose disposal takes place in skeletal muscle. Thus, studying beta cells and skeletal muscle in respect to diabetes is crucial. Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is one of the major serine/threonine phosphatases belonging to PhosphoProteinPhospha-tase (PPP) family. It constitutes about 80% of all serine/threonine phosphatases. It is regulated by numerous regulatory subunits as well …