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SUBMITTER: Munoz Contreras AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4002015 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muñoz Contreras Angélica M AM Bedoya Berrío Gabriel G Velásquez R Claudia M CM
Colombia medica (Cali, Colombia) 20130101 1
Increased prevalence of obesity in the world, especially accumulation of abnormal amounts of visceral fat predisposes to insulin resistance, which is the central role of metabolic syndrome (MS). Obesity can deregulate the intracellular signaling of insulin due to the production of inflammatory substances, chemoattractant proteins, adipokines and molecules that trigger hormonal mediator potentials for destabilization of signal transduction, leading to metabolic disorders such as hyperglycemia, hy ...[more]