Does upregulation of miR-497 induce hepatic insulin resistance in E3 rats with HFD-MetS by targeting insulin receptor?
Insulin receptor is the target gene of miR-497, and elevated miR-497 might induce hepatic insulin resistance in HFD-MetS E3 Rats through inhibiting the expression of insulin receptor and confining the activation of IRS-1/PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β/GS pathway to insulin.
This study demonstrates improvement of sperm aster formation rates by selecting sperm on the basis of midpiece morphology. The injection of selected sperm bearing morphologically straight midpieces may contribute to improved expression of sperm centrosomal function, providing a positive effect on fertilization after ICSI.