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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2018 Apr 13;122(8):1135–1150. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.311912

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The microcirculation is a barrier to skeletal muscle insulin access which is delayed in obesity. Interstitial insulin concentrations rise more slowly than arterial insulin concentrations due to capillary insulin egress. This time is prolonged in obesity. Derived from Sjosgrand et al.152