In response to feeding, insulin promotes the uptake of sugar in peripheral tissues and suppresses the production of sugar, a process called gluconeogenesis, in the liver. Recent research has shown that chronic inflammation promotes insulin resistance, and in turn, chronically high glucose levels can drive inflammation. In this issue of the
Mariana Verdelho Machado, Yiping Yang, Anna Mae Diehl
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