- ►endojournals.org JM Fernandez-Real, W Ricart - Endocrine Reviews, 2003 - Endocrine Soc Insulin resistance is increasingly recognized as a chronic, low-level,
inflammatory state. Hyperinsulinemia and insulin action were initially proposed
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- ►ahajournals.org AH Berg, PE Scherer - Circulation Research, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc Mounting evidence highlights the role of adipose tissue in the development of a
systemic inflammatory state that contributes to obesity-associated vasculopathy
and cardiovascular risk. Circulating mediators of inflammation participate ... Cited by 422 - Related articles - All 10 versions
M Fasshauer, R Paschke - Diabetologia, 2003 - Springer It has long been known that obesity and insulin resis- tance are linked.
Recently, it has been shown that adi- pocytes secrete several proteins including
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- ►jbc.org V Rotter, I Nagaev, U Smith - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB Several studies have shown a relationship between interleukin (IL) 6 levels and
insulin resistance. We here show that human subcutaneous adipose cells, like
3T3-L1 cells, are target cells for IL-6. To examine putative mechanisms and ... Cited by 273 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
MT Nguyen, H Satoh, S Favelyukis, JL … - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 - ASBMB Lipid infusion and high fat feeding are established causes of systemic and
adipose tissue insulin resistance. In this study, we treated 3T3-L1 adipocytes
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- ►nursing2008.com L Hutley, JB Prins - The American journal of the medical sciences, 2005 - journals.lww.com ABSTRACT: Obesity and the metabolic syndrome have both reached pandemic
proportions. Together they have the potential to impact on the incidence and
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- ►cell.com M Lafontan, M Berlan - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2003 - Elsevier Obesity is an increasing health problem in many countries. Striking differences
exist in the magnitude of the impact of different obesities on comorbidities.
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SE Borst - Endocrine, 2004 - Springer Received January 12, 2004; Revised January 27, 2004; Accepted February 11, 2004.
Author to whom all correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed:
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H Tilg, GS Hotamisligil - Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the major reason for abnormal liver
function in the Western world, is associated with obesity and diabetes and is
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Digestive and Kidney Disease grant no. DK61162 (to KK-Z), a research grant from
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