- ►sinica.edu.tw [PDF] DE Laaksonen, L Niskanen, K Nyyssönen, K … - Diabetologia, 2004 - Springer Aims/hypothesis. Low-grade inflammation has been implicated in the development of Type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but its role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome
is unclear. We investigated the association between C-reactive protein (CRP) lev- els and ... Cited by 122 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org GS Hotamisligil - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc Metabolic and immune systems are the most fundamental requirements for survival, and many
metabolic and immune response pathways or nutrient- and pathogen-sensing systems have
been evolutionarily highly conserved. Consequently, metabolic and immune pathways ... Cited by 106 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
PA Tataranni, E Ortega - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc There is growing support for the hypothesis that obesity is an inflammatory condition leading
to chronic activation of the innate immune system, which ultimately causes progressive impairment
of glucose tolerance. Experimental studies in animals and evidence from prospective and ... Cited by 103 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org AD Kriketos, JR Greenfield, PW Peake, SM Furler, … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE—Inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with insulin
resistance, adiposity, and type 2 diabetes. Whether inflammation causes insulin resistance or
is an epiphenomenon of obesity remains unresolved. We aimed to determine whether ... Cited by 61 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
I Kushner, D Rzewnicki, D Samols - The American Journal of Medicine, 2006 - Elsevier Reports of the predictive value of minor elevation of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (between
3 and 10 mg/L) for atherosclerotic events have generated considerable interest, as well as a
degree of controversy and confusion. CRP concentrations in this range are found in about ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - All 21 versions
Å Sjöholm, T Nyström - Diabetes/Metabolism Reviews - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets.
In this case, although the visual presentation will be degraded, the site should continue to be
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S Nakanishi, K Yamane, N Kamei, H Nojima, M Okubo, … - Metabolism, 2005 - Elsevier Adiponectin, which is produced by adipose tissue, is thought to play an important role in
inflammation. On the other hand, adiposity, or the hypertrophy of adipose tissue, has been reported
to increase oxidative stress. Accordingly, the possibility exists that adiponectin, as well as ... Cited by 47 - Related articles - All 12 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org X Ye, Z Yu, H Li, OH Franco, Y Liu, X Lin - Journal of the American College of …, 2007 - Elsevier We evaluated the distributions of C-reactive protein (CRP) and its association with metabolic
syndrome (MetS) in middle-aged and older Chinese people. ... Several studies have suggested
that CRP is a risk factor of MetS. However, it remains unclear how CRP levels are ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 17 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org B Thorand, J Baumert, H Kolb, C Meisinger, L … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—After adjustment for age and survey and lifestyle factors including smoking, alcohol
intake, and physical activity, elevated concentrations of CRP showed a considerably stronger
association with risk of type 2 diabetes in women (hazard ratio comparing tertile extremes ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org A Dehghan, I Kardys, MPM de Maat, AG Uitterlinden, … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc C-reactive protein (CRP) has been shown to be associated with type 2 diabetes, but whether
CRP has a causal role is not yet clear. We examined the association in the Rotterdam Study,
a population-based prospective cohort study. The association of baseline serum CRP ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
