Keywords: GLUT; Glucose transporter; T1DM; Type-1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM; Type-2 diabetes mellitus; PKB/Akt; protein kinase B; GSK-3; glycogen synthase kinase-3; PGC-1α; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α; FOXO; forkhead box O; VLDL;