Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2012-04-01Keywords
Insulin ResistanceObesity
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Pediatrics
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The association between obesity and insulin resistance is an area of much interest and enormous public health impact, with hundreds of articles being published in the last year focused on the possible mechanisms that underlie this association. The purpose to this review is to highlight some of the key recent literature with emphasis on emerging concepts. RECENT FINDINGS: The specific link between visceral adipose tissue accumulation and insulin resistance continues to be discerned. Visceral adiposity is correlated with accumulation of excess lipid in liver, and results in cell autonomous impairment in insulin signaling. Visceral adipose tissue is also prone to inflammation and inflammatory cytokine production, which also contribute to impairment in insulin signaling. The expansion of visceral adipose tissue and excess lipid accumulation in liver and muscle may result from limited expandability of subcutaneous adipose tissue, due to the properties of its extracellular matrix and capacity for capillary growth. SUMMARY: Recent studies underscore the need to better understand the mechanisms linking visceral adiposity with liver fat accumulation, the mechanisms by which ectopic fat accumulation cause insulin resistance, and the mechanisms by which the size of adipose tissue depots is determined.Source
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2012 Apr;19(2):81-7. doi: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283514e13DOI
10.1097/MED.0b013e3283514e13Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/43211PubMed ID
22327367Related Resources
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10.1097/MED.0b013e3283514e13