Inflammatory status and insulin resistance
RF Grimble - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
RF Grimble
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2002•journals.lww.comRecent studies on diseases which involve insulin insensitivity (eg obesity, type 2 diabetes
and atherosclerosis) also show increased cytokine production and markers of inflammation.
Evidence at present favours chronic inflammation as a trigger for chronic insulin insensitivity,
rather than the reverse situation.
and atherosclerosis) also show increased cytokine production and markers of inflammation.
Evidence at present favours chronic inflammation as a trigger for chronic insulin insensitivity,
rather than the reverse situation.
Summary
Recent studies on diseases which involve insulin insensitivity (eg obesity, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis) also show increased cytokine production and markers of inflammation. Evidence at present favours chronic inflammation as a trigger for chronic insulin insensitivity, rather than the reverse situation.
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