Key result
Insulin infusion decreases the concentration of total particle counts, mainly due to reductions in medium-sized extracellular vesicles, in adults with metabolic syndrome.
Why the study?
The effects of insulin on medium and larger extracellular vesicles in relation to metabolic insulin sensitivity and fuel use in adults with metabolic syndrome were not well known.
Does insulin infusion reduce extracellular vesicles in adults with metabolic syndrome?
Does insulin infusion reduce extracellular vesicles in adults with metabolic syndrome?
Insulin infusion reduces medium-sized extracellular vesicles, providing early evidence of their inverse association with metabolic flexibility in metabolic syndrome.
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Insulin may acutely lower medium EVs in metabolic syndrome; hypothesis-generating for their link to metabolic flexibility.
This study is one of the first to investigate the effects of insulin on medium and larger extracellular vesicles (EVs) in relation to metabolic insulin sensitivity and fuel use in adults with metabolic syndrome. Our data suggest that insulin infusion decreases the concentration of total particle counts, mainly due to reductions in medium-sized EVs. Furthermore, EVs, predominantly medium-sized, are inversely associated with metabolic flexibility.
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Heiston et al. (2022) studied metabolic syndrome. Insulin infusion was evaluated on concentration of total particle counts and medium-sized EVs. Insulin infusion decreases the concentration of total particle counts, mainly due to reductions in medium-sized extracellular vesicles, in adults with metabolic syndrome.
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