Liver fattening during feast and famine: An evolutionary paradox

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 924-928

  van Ginneken, Vincent J T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATTY LIVER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; STEATOSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FATTY LIVER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER EXTRACTS; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 40849100681     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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