Fetal origins of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome: A key role for adipose tissue?

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Meas, T ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Catch up growth; Low birth weight; Metabolic syndrome; Review; SGA

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; MINERALOCORTICOID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATCH UP GROWTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FETUS; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 76649141717     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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