Chronic activation of the innate immune system may underlie the metabolic syndrome
CONTEXTO: The metabolic syndrome is characterized by a clustering, in free-living populations, of cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors generally linked to insulin resistance, obesity and central obesity. Consonant with the well-established inflammatory pathogenesis of atherosclerotic disease, th...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
2001-05-01
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802001000300008&lng=en&tlng=en |