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The IRS-1 signaling system
1Research Division, Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
IRS-1 is a principal substrate of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase. It undergoes multi-site tyrosine phosphorylation and mediates the insulin signal by associating with various signaling molecules containing Src homology 2 domains. Interleukin-4 also stimulates IRS-1 phosphorylation, and it is suspected that a few more growth factors or cytokines will be added to form a select group of receptors that utilize the IRS-1 signaling pathway. More IRS-1-like adapter molecules, such as 4PS (IRS-2), may remain to be found.