Insulin resistance in the control of body fat distribution: A new hypothesis

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Ali, A T ^a   Ferris, W F ^b   Naran, N H ^a   Crowther, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

human adipose tissue; insulin resistance; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; FATTY ACID; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79551605325     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269851     Document Type: Article

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