Adipose tissue at the crossroads in the development of the metabolic syndrome, inflammation and atherosclerosis
The authors analyze insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and endothelial dysfunction as consequence of a common antecedent, a low grade inflammation, indicating that in obesity there is a chronically activated inflammatory state of the adipose tissue. Furthermore, the inflammatory signaling is discussed according to the adipose tissue depot, visceral or subcutaneous.
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27302009000200005 |
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