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Expression of MYD88 in Adipose Tissue of Obese People: Is There Some Role in the Development of Metabolic Syndrome?
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
The mechanism leading to the development of metabolic complications in obese individuals is not fully understood. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine differences in insulin resistance, inflammation, ...
Association between prepregnancy obesity and metabolic risk in chilean premenopausal women 10 y postpartum
(Elsevier, 2017-06)
Objectives: One of every four pregnant women in Chile is obese. Gestational obesity is associated with maternal metabolic complications in pregnancy (e.g., gestational diabetes, preeclampsia), but to our knowledge, there ...
The obese child in the Intensive Care Unit. Update
(Soc. Argentina Pediatria, 2016)
Given that childhood obesity is an epidemic, the frequency of critically-ill patients who are overweight or obese seen at intensive care units has increased rapidly. Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that secretes a ...
Metabolic syndrome and obesity among users of second generation antipsychotics: A global challenge for modern psychopharmacology
(Elsevier, 2015)
Second generation antipsychotics (SGAs), such as clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone and quetiapine, are among the most effective therapies to stabilize symptoms schizophrenia (SZ) spectrum disorders. In fact, clozapine, ...
Overnight dexamethasone pre-treatment improves the performance of the lysine-vasopressin test in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome
(1996)
Objective: There is no endocrine test which is completely reliable for the confirmation of Cushing's syndrome and in separation of the various aetiologies. We have tested the hypothesis that overnight dexamethasone ...
Increased urinary glucocorticoid metabolites are associated with metabolic syndrome, hypoadiponectinemia, insulin resistance and β cell dysfunction
(2011)
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) may have increased cortisol (F) production caused by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11β-HSD1) in liver and adipose tissue and/or by HPA axis dysregulation. F is then mainly metabolized by ...
An approach to the etiology of metabolic syndrome.
(2013-07-09)
Increased prevalence of obesity in the world, especially accumulation
of abnormal amounts of visceral fat predisposes
to insulin resistance, which is the central role of metabolic
syndrome (MS). Obesity can deregulate ...
Effect of early protein-calorie malnutrition on nutritional status and attributes of the metabolic syndrome in young adults Efectos de la desnutrición calórico-proteica temprana en el estado nutricional y atributos del síndrome metabólico en una cohorte d
(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
© 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Background: during recent years consistent studies have characterized the relationship between moderate and severe protein-calorie malnutrition and the appearance of ...
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a sample of Chilean children consulting in an obesity clinic Síndrome metabólico en niños y adolescentes: Asociación con sensibilidad insulínica y con magnitud y distribución de la obesidad
(2007)
Background: In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.6% to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...