SE Kahn, RL Hull, KM Utzschneider - NATURE-LONDON-, 2006 - tesumassd.org The increased prevalence of obesity has focused attention on a world- wide problem that is not
one of famine or infection, but one of surplus. In the United States, only about a third of adults
are considered to be of 'normal' weight1, and similar trends are being observed ... Cited by 294 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 9 versions
T Yamauchi, Y Nio, T Maki, M Kobayashi, T … - Nature - xn-- … Page 1. 332 VOLUME 13 | NUMBER 3 | MARCH 2007 NATURE MEDICINE Targeted
disruption of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 causes abrogation of adiponectin binding and
metabolic actions Toshimasa Yamauchi 1–3,7 ,Yasunori ... Cited by 170 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►endojournals.org SM Grundy - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Position: The National Cholesterol Education Program and other organizations have proposed
that the MetS can be recognized clinically by a clustering of simple clinical measures including
waist circumferences, blood pressure, triglycerides, high-density lipoproteins, and ... Cited by 133 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov JY Kim, E van de Wall, M Laplante, A … - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig 1 Department of Cell Biology and 2 Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, New York, New York, USA. 3 Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Laval University
Hospital Centre Research Centre, Laval University School of Medicine, Quebec City, ... Cited by 120 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►endojournals.org ME Trujillo, PE Scherer - Endocrine reviews, 2006 - Endocrine Soc The endocrine functions of the adipose organ are widely studied at this stage. The adipose
organ, and in particular adipocytes, communicate with almost all other organs. Although some
adipose tissue pads assume the functions as distinct "miniorgans," adipocytes can also ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►ahajournals.org G Fantuzzi, T Mazzone - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular …, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc The prevalence of obesity, especially among the young, is dramatically increasing in the United
States. Obesity is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased rates of cardiovascular
death. There are many plausible mechanisms by which an increase in adipose tissue ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - All 8 versions
HS Sacks, JN Fain - American Heart Journal, 2007 - Elsevier We discuss the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of epicardial adipose tissue and its
relationship to coronary atherosclerosis. Epicardial fat stores triglyceride to supply free fatty acids
for myocardial energy production and produces adipokines. It shares a common ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - All 30 versions
- ►nih.gov R Ouedraogo, Y Gong, B Berzins, X Wu, K … - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig This study reports on what we believe are novel mechanism(s) of the vascular protective action
of adiponectin. We used intravital microscopy to measure leukocyte-endothelium interactions
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K Sharma, S RamachandraRao, G Qiu, … - The Journal of …, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov 1 Translational Research in Kidney Disease, Division of Nephrology, Department of
Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. 2 Veterans Administration
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N Mendez-Sanchez, M Arrese, D Zamora- … - Liver …, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly recognized cause of chronic liver
disease, representing the leading cause of hepatology referral in some centres. However, its
pathophysiology is not completely understood. Insulin resistance is one of the major ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
