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SUBMITTER: Noel OF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4783581 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Noel Olivier F OF Still Christopher D CD Argyropoulos George G Edwards Michael M Gerhard Glenn S GS
Journal of obesity 20160224
Overweight and obesity represent major risk factors for diabetes and related metabolic diseases. Obesity is associated with a chronic and progressive inflammatory response leading to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D) mellitus, although the precise mechanism mediating this inflammatory process remains poorly understood. The most effective intervention for the treatment of obesity, bariatric surgery, leads to glucose normalization and remission of T2D. Recent work in ...[more]