If insulin receptors on liver cells become resistant to insulin, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

Insulin resistance impairs the signal transduction pathway that normally promotes glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis in the liver; because the liver doesn't respond to insulin's signal, glucose remains in the blood, therefore blood glucose levels increase, rather than decrease, because the liver fails to store glucose.

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