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Insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes occurs because of a block in the transmission of the insulin signal through PI-3 kinase. The MAP kinase pathway is not affected. Increasing insulin availability to overcome the blockade of the metabolic pathway leads to an exaggerated activation of the mitogenic pathway.
