Oxidative stress and inflammatory mechanisms in obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Packer, Lester, Sies, H. (Helmut), 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2008]
Series:Oxidative stress and disease ; 23.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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