Page 1 of 48 Diabetes 1 Aberrant expression of FBXO2 disrupts glucose homeostasis through ubiquitin-mediated degradation of insulin receptor in obese mice Bin Liu1 *, Han Lu2 *, Duanzhuo Li1, Xuelian Xiong3, Lu Gao4, 5, Zhixiang Wu6, and Yan Lu1, 3 1 Hubei Key Laboratory for Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention, Huangshi Cental Hospital of Edong Healthcare Group, Hubei Polytechnic University School of Medicine, Huangshi, Hubei 435003, PR China. 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai 200025, PR China. 3 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR China. 4 College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, No.59 Mucai street, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China. 5 Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202-1192,USA. 6 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), Shanghai 200092, PR China. * Co-first author 1 Diabetes Publish Ahead of Print, published online December 8, 2016 Diabetes Page 2 of 48 2 Corresponding authors Dr. Lu Gao, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, No.59 Mucai street, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China. Tel: +86-045155191257 Fax: +86-045155191257 E-mail:
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[email protected] Dr. Yan Lu, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, PR China.