Translations:Type 2 diabetes/18/en
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In the early stages of insulin resistance, the mass of beta cells expands, increasing the output of insulin to compensate for the insulin insensitivity. But when type 2 diabetes has become manifest, a type 2 diabetic will have lost about half of their beta cells. Fatty acids in the beta cells activate FOXO1, resulting in apoptosis of the beta cells.