SLC2A4 and Insulin resistance: Insulin-resistant human and rodent muscle exhibit impaired insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation (Zierath et al., 1996; King et al., 1992; Etgen et al., 1997; Garvey et al., 1998) and muscle-specific deletion of GLUT4 is sufficient to cause systemic insulin resistance and glucose intolerance (Zisman et al., 2000).