Does postprandial storage of triglycerides in endothelial cells contribute to the endothelial dysfunction associated with insulin resistance and fatty diets?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-172

  McCarty, Mark F ^a  

^a Pantox Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; LOW FAT DIET; PATHOGENESIS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0043124344     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00236-0     Document Type: Article

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