APS: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica (Volume 183, N° 1, January 2005)

This volume of APS highlights reviews within the theme ‘Skeletal muscle and Adipose tissue metabolism: Regulation, Exercise, Diabetes and Ageing’. The aim of this theme is to bring forward current research efforts to identify new preventive and therapeutic approaches that may counteract the increasing incidence of diabetes. Specifically, the reviews focus on factors that influence glucose metabolism, insulin action and insulin resistance at the molecular and clinical level. This includes the identification of critical signalling intermediates for carbohydrate and fat utilisation and the validation of molecular targets for drugs known to regulate glucose and lipid metabolism.