Hepatic insulin resistance ties cholesterol gallstone formation and the metabolic syndrome

Biddinger SB, Haas JT, Yu BB, Bezy O, Jing E, Zhang W, Unterman TG, Carey MC, Kahn CR. Hepatic insulin resistance directly promotes formation of cholesterol gallstones. Nature Medicine 2008; 14: 778–782.Despite the well-documented association between gallstones and the metabolic syndrome,1,2the mech...

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Main Authors: Peter Kovacs, Ulrike Kurtz, Henning Wittenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119318617