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Oxidative stress and inflammatory mechanisms in obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome
xxii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
The metabolic syndrome defined -- The metabolic syndrome : the question of balance between the pro-inflammatory effect of macronutrients and the anti-inflammatory effect of insulin -- The role of oxidative stress in diseases associated with overweight and obesity -- Metabolic syndrome due to early life nutritional modifications -- Oxidative stress and antioxidants in the perinatal period -- Maternal obesity, glucose intolerance, and inflammation in pregnancy -- Obesity, nutrigenomics, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes -- Post-prandial endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation in type 2 diabetes -- Obesity and inflammation : implications for atherosclerosis -- Oligomeric composition of adiponectin and obesity -- Insulin-stimulated reactive oxygen species and insulin signal transduction -- Intracellular signaling pathways and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in vascular health in hypertension and in diabetes -- Role of uncoupling protein 2 in pancreatic [beta]-cell function: secretion and survival -- Nutritional modulation of inflammation in metabolic syndrome -- Dietary fatty acids and metabolic syndrome -- Lipid-induced death of macrophages : implication for destabilization of atherosclerotic plaques -- [Alpha]-lipoic acid prevents diabetes mellitis and endothelial dysfunction in diabetes-prone obese rats -- Lipoic acid blocks obesity by reduced food intake, enhanced energy expenditure, and inhibited adipocyte differentiation -- Effects of conjugated linoleic acid and lipoic acid on insulin action in insulin-resistant obese Zucker rats -- Trivalent chromium supplementation inhibits oxidative stress, protein glycosylation, and vascular inflammation in high glucose-exposed human erythrocytes and monocytes
Includes bibliographical references and index.