Impaired insulin action, combined with its insufficient secretion, can cause diabetes. In a surprising extension of this notion, decreased insulin action in the kidney's podocyte cells may contribute to renal complications in diabetes.
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Rask-Madsen, C., King, G. Podocytes lose their footing. Nature 468, 42–44 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/468042a
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