Tasha Starks

Muscle inflammatory response and insulin resistance: synergistic interaction between macrophages and fatty acids leads to impaired insulin action

Vijayalakshmi Varma, Aiwei Yao‐Borengasser, Neda Rasouli et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2009 · 239 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Physiology +17

Human Visfatin Expression: Relationship to Insulin Sensitivity, Intramyocellular Lipids, and Inflammation

Vijayalakshmi Varma, Aiwei Yao‐Borengasser, Neda Rasouli et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2006 · 215 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

Retinol Binding Protein 4 Expression in Humans: Relationship to Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, and Response to Pioglitazone

Aiwei Yao‐Borengasser, Vijayalakshmi Varma, Angela M. Bodles et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2007 · 215 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology +17

Lipin Expression Is Attenuated in Adipose Tissue of Insulin-Resistant Human Subjects and Increases With Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor γ Activation

Aiwei Yao‐Borengasser, Neda Rasouli, Vijayalakshmi Varma et al. · Diabetes · 2006 · 98 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

Insulin Resistance in African-American and Caucasian Women: Differences in Lipotoxicity, Adipokines, and Gene Expression in Adipose Tissue and Muscle

Latasha M. Smith, Aiwei Yao‐Borengasser, Tasha Starks et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2010 · 41 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17