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ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: emmanuelle meugnier
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-13716 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Ruzzin Jérôme J Petersen Rasmus R Meugnier Emmanuelle E Madsen Lise L Lock Erik-Jan EJ Lillefosse Haldis H Ma Tao T Pesenti Sandra S Sonne Si Brask SB Marstrand Troels Torben TT Malde Marian Kjellevold MK Du Zhen-Yu ZY Chavey Carine C Fajas Lluis L Lundebye Anne-Katrine AK Brand Christian Lehn CL Vidal Hubert H Kristiansen Karsten K Frøyland Livar L
Environmental health perspectives 20091119 4
<h4>Background</h4>The incidence of the insulin resistance syndrome has increased at an alarming rate worldwide, creating a serious challenge to public health care in the 21st century. Recently, epidemiological studies have associated the prevalence of type 2 diabetes with elevated body burdens of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). However, experimental evidence demonstrating a causal link between POPs and the development of insulin resistance is lacking.<h4>Objective</h4>We investigated whet ...[more]