| Title |
Evolutionary origins of insulin resistance: a behavioral switch hypothesis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-7-61 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Milind G Watve, Chittaranjan S Yajnik |
| Abstract |
Insulin resistance, which can lead to a number of diseases including type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, is believed to have evolved as an adaptation to periodic starvation. The "thrifty gene" and "thrifty phenotype" hypotheses constitute the dominant paradigm for over four decades. With an increasing understanding of the diverse effects of impairment of the insulin signaling pathway, the existing hypotheses are proving inadequate. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Unknown | 6 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 38% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Russia | 2 | 1% |
| Romania | 2 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 185 | 94% |
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| Researcher | 42 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 13% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 10% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 51 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 25% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 7% |
| Psychology | 12 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 15% |
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