mTORC2 Stimulates Glucose Uptake (IMAGE)

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mTORC2 Stimulates Glucose Uptake

Caption

Cold temperature-induced hormones cause GLUT1 (green) to be transported to the surface of brown fat cells (left). Transport is blocked when the mTORC2 pathway is inhibited (right).

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Olsen et al., 2014

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