The metabolic syndrome: metabolic changes with vascular consequences

Despite criticism regarding its clinical relevance, the concept of the metabolic syndrome improves our understanding of both the pathophysiology of insulin resistance and its associated metabolic changes and vascular consequences. Free fatty acids (FFA) and tumour necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α) play...

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Published in:	European journal of clinical investigation Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 8 - 17
Main Authors:	Wassink, A. M. J., Olijhoek, J. K., Visseren, F. L. J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2007 Blackwell
Subjects:	adipocyte dysfunction Adipocytes - metabolism Adiponectin Adiponectin - metabolism Biological and medical sciences cardiovascular risk Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology Diabetic Angiopathies - etiology free fatty acids General aspects Humans insulin resistance Insulin Resistance - physiology Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Metabolic Syndrome - complications Metabolic Syndrome - metabolism Miscellaneous Obesity - etiology Obesity - metabolism Other metabolic disorders Risk Factors Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - physiology tumour necrosis factor-alpha Endocrinopathy Adipocyte adipocyte dysfunction Cytokine Metabolic diseases Cardiovascular disease free fatty acids Free fatty acid Change Insulin Adiponectin Vascular disease Medicine Target tissue resistance Dysfunction X Syndrome Blood vessel Atherosclerosis Risk factor Cardiovascular risk Insulin resistance Tumor necrosis factor α tumour necrosis factor-alpha
ISSN:	0014-2972, 1365-2362
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