Nozomu Yamasaki, Yoshifumi Tamura, Kageumi Takeno, Saori Kakehi, Yuki Someya, Takashi Funayama, Yasuhiko Furukawa, Hideyoshi Kaga, Ruriko Suzuki, Daisuke Sugimoto, Satoshi Kadowaki, Motonori Sato, Takashi Nakagata, Miho Nishitani-Yokoyama, Kazunori Shimada, Hiroyuki Daida, Shigeki Aoki, Hiroaki Sato, Ryuzo Kawamori, Hirotaka Watada
Accumulation of intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) is observed in individuals with insulin resistance as well as insulin-sensitive endurance athletes with high peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak), which is called the athlete's paradox. It remains unclear whether non-athletes with higher fitness levels have IMCL accumulation and higher insulin sensitivity in general. In this study, we investigated the association between IMCL accumulation and muscle insulin sensitivity (M-IS) in subjects with high or low VO2 peak...
March 5, 2020: Scientific Reports