Excessive food intake, obesity and inflammation process in Zucker fa/fa rat pancreatic islets.

Inappropriate food intake-related obesity and more importantly, visceral adiposity, are major risk factors for the onset of type 2 diabetes. Evidence is emerging that nutriment-induced β-cell dysfunction could be related to indirect induction of a state of low grade inflammation. Our aim was to stud...

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Main Authors: Myriam Chentouf, Gregor Dubois, Céline Jahannaut, Françoise Castex, Anne Dominique Lajoix, René Gross, Sylvie Peraldi-Roux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3149618?pdf=render