Fat cells around internal organs have more insulin receptors and respond more strongly to insulin than fat cells under the skin.
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Fat cells around internal organs have more insulin receptors and respond more strongly to insulin than fat cells under the skin.
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Visceral fat cells express a higher density of insulin receptors and exhibit greater insulin sensitivity than subcutaneous fat cells.
Fat cells around the organs have less of a key protein needed to pass along the insulin signal, so they take up less sugar from the blood compared to fat cells under the skin.
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Study: Differential expression of insulin receptor substrate-1(IRS-1) in visceral and subcutaneous adipose depots of morbidly obese subjects undergoing bariatric surgery in a tertiary care center in north India; SNP analysis and correlation with metabolic profile.
This study provides evidence contradicting the claim.
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