epidemiology, clinical treatment, and underlying mechanisms /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Barbara Caleen Hansen, George A. Bray
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Totowa, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Humana Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xii, 401 p.) :
Other Physical Details
ill. (some col.)
SERIES
Series Title
Contemporary endocrinology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Metabolic syndrome past and future: an introduction to the features of this book -- Metabolic syndrome: to be or not to be? -- The role of obesity in insulin resistance: epidemiological and metabolic aspects -- Treatment of the metabolic syndrome with weight loss, exercise, hormones, and surgery -- Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease: an epidemiological perspective -- The sympatho-adrenal system in the metabolic syndrome -- Insulin action and endothelial function -- Macro- and microvascular disease in an insulin-resistant pre-diabetic animal model: the JCR:LA-cp rat -- High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and the metabolic syndrome -- Insulin signaling in adipocytes and the role of inflammation -- Insulin resistance and dyslipidemia -- Pancreatic islet psthophysiology and pathology in obesity -- Glucagon-like peptides and insulin sensitivity -- The relationship between the insulin receptor substrates and metabolic disease -- Insulin resistance and inhibitors of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase -- Fat feeding and muscle fat deposition eliciting insulin resistance: an update -- Alterations in atypical protein kinase C activation in insulin resistance syndromes -- The liver, glucose homeostasis, and insulin action in type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Chronomics of the metabolic syndrome