Free fatty acids as modulators of the NLRP3 inflammasome in obesity/type 2 diabetes

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-141

  Legrand Poels, Sylvie ^a   Esser, Nathalie ^a,b   L'Homme, Laurent ^a   Scheen, André ^b   Paquot, Nicolas ^b   Piette, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Free fatty acids; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Metabolic stress; NLRP3 inflammasome; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CRYOPYRIN; FATTY ACID; INFLAMMASOME; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TOXIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; NLRP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MITOCHONDRION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY;

EID: 84908164212     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.08.013     Document Type: Review

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