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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Main Authors: Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Maria Inês Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2001-05-01
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