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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery restores insulin-mediated glucose partitioning and mitochondrial dynamics in primary myotubes from severely obese humans.

Benjamin A KuglerAnders E GundersenJunhan LiWenqian DengNancy EugenePhilimon N GonaJoseph A HoumardKai Zou
Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2019)
These data indicate that an intrinsic metabolic defect of glucose partitioning in skeletal muscle from severely obese humans is restored by RYGB surgery. The restoration of glucose partitioning may be regulated through reduced mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 phosphorylation.
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