Effects of exercise training on intrahepatic lipid content in humans

Diabetologia

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2068-2079

  Brouwers, Bram ^a,b   Hesselink, Matthijs K C ^a,b   Schrauwen, Patrick ^a,b   Schrauwen Hinderling, Vera B ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Human; Insulin sensitivity and resistance; Lipid metabolism; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Prediction and prevention of type 2 diabetes; Review

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

EXERCISE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER;

EID: 84978160586     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4037-x     Document Type: Review

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