Mechanisms of Disease: hepatic steatosis in type 2 diabetes—pathogenesis and clinical relevance

Excess free fatty acids, an imbalance of adipocytokines and mitochondrial dysfunction all contribute to abnormalities in hepatocellular lipid content in diabetes and can lead to steatosis and insulin resistance. Thus liver fat is a novel target for therapies such as fat-reduced diets and thiazoliden...

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