“Insulin was discovered 100 years ago, and the insulin receptor was discovered 50 years ago,” Heiko Lickert told BioWorld. “Now we have a new insulin receptor, which degrades insulin.” Lickert is the ...

Both Inceptor and the insulin receptor are located on the surface of beta cells, where Inceptor can block the insulin receptor, thus reducing the cells' insulin sensitivity and weakening the ...

Insulin resistance is a major health concern, which causes your body to stop responding as it should to insulin - a hormone ...

In 2021, a research team led by Prof. Heiko Lickert from Helmholtz Munich discovered the insulin-inhibitory receptor "Inceptor" and its role as a suppressor of the insulin signaling pathway.

Image Credit: KateStudio / Shutterstock In a Brief Communication published in the International Journal of Obesity, a group ...

Tumor HI is a rare condition that results in hypoglycemia caused by either islet cell tumors (eg, insulinomas) or non-islet cell tumors (eg, hepatocellular carcinoma).