Assertion: diabetes's cell | /r/HasProperty | resistant
Facets:
value: to insulin
type: OTHER
value: to its action
type: OTHER
value: to its effects
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: People with diabetes either don't make insulin or their body's cells are resistant to insulin, leading to high levels of sugar circulating in the blood, called simply high blood sugar.
text: In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas still makes insulin — usually in even greater amounts than normal — but the body’s cells are resistant to its effects.
text: Because the cells are resistant to insulin, glucose remains in the blood.
text: : More fatty tissue means more cells are likely to be insulin resistant.
text: : More fatty tissue means more cells are likely to be insulin resistant.
text: People with diabetes either don't make insulin or their body's cells are resistant to insulin, leading to high levels of sugar circulating in the blood, called simply high blood sugar.
text: Insulin resistance occurs when there is plenty of insulin made by the pancreas (it is functioning normally and making plenty of insulin), but the cells of the body are resistant to its action which results in the blood sugar being too high.