If a patient exhibits elevated blood glucose despite consistently high insulin levels, which consequence affecting the cellular insulin receptors is most likely?

💡 Explanation

Receptor desensitization leads to reduced glucose uptake because the prolonged exposure to high insulin concentrations causes a decrease in receptor sensitivity, therefore cellular glucose uptake diminishes despite the presence of insulin, rather than increased sensitivity or enhanced binding affinity.

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