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GM3 Synthase (ST3Gal5) and Diabetes

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Ganglioside GM3 has been known to participate in insulin signaling by regulating the association of insulin receptor in caveolae microdomains (lipid rafts). Studies on the molecular pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance focusing on the interaction between insulin receptor and GM3 in adipocytes lead to a working hypothesis "metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, are membrane microdomain disorders caused by aberrant expression of gangliosides." It is expected the development of novel diagnosis of metabolic syndrome by identifying the specific ganglioside species and a therapeutic strategy "membrane microdomain ortho-signaling therapy."

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  1. Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8558, Japan

    Jin-ichi Inokuchi

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  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Tamao Endo

  2. Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

    Peter H. Seeberger

  3. Dept. Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Gerald W. Hart

  4. Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chi-Huey Wong

  5. Systems Glycobiology Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center for Systems Chemical Biology, Wako, Saitama, Japan

    Naoyuki Taniguchi

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Inokuchi, Ji. (2014). GM3 Synthase (ST3Gal5) and Diabetes . In: Endo, T., Seeberger, P., Hart, G., Wong, CH., Taniguchi, N. (eds) Glycoscience: Biology and Medicine. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54836-2_210-1

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