Insulin-stimulated increase in glucose uptake and storage in cells is promoted by activation of each of the following except
A)Ras.
B)PI 3-kinase.
C)PTEN.
D)Akt kinase.
E)Glut4.

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PTEN acts as a negative regulator of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which is involved in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, thus its activation does not promote this process.

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