Insulin sensitive human adipocytes for in vitro studies
- Resource Type
- Brief Communication
- Authors
- Straub, Leon G.; Scherer, Philipp E.
- Source
- Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 18(10):591-592
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1759-5029
1759-5037
Adipocyte insulin resistance is a driving force for systemic insulin resistance. Advances in human stem cell culture have established conditions for human adipocytes that give rise to a reproducible population of adipocytes that retain a high level of insulin sensitivity, paving the way for high throughput screening approaches.