Table 1.
Number of total and 2018 PubMed citations related to insulin resistance and some of the various major cellular pathways that have been implicated in the induction of insulin resistance in obesity. The terms “insulin resistance” or “insulin resistance and” and each of the terms listed in the table under “Cellular pathway” was searched on August 21, 2019. The number of total citations are provided for each of these searches.
| Cellular Pathway | Total PubMed Citations | 2018 PubMed Citations |
|---|---|---|
| Insulin Resistance | 119,837 | 8376 |
| Insulin Resistance and … | ||
| Protein kinase | 11,449 | 744 |
| Fatty Acids | 10,970 | 668 |
| Cytokines | 9331 | 613 |
| Reactive Oxygen Species | 2207 | 199 |
| Microbiota | 1117 | 228 |
| Hypoxia | 852 | 83 |
| Branched chain amino acids | 773 | 81 |
| miRNA | 752 | 149 |
| Ceramide | 713 | 66 |
| Diacylglycerol | 525 | 32 |
| cAMP | 522 | 21 |
| ER Stress Response | 302 | 29 |