| Literature DB >> 20223680 |
Roger H Unger1, Philipp E Scherer.
Abstract
Once considered divine retribution for sins, comorbidities of obesity (metabolic syndrome) are today attributed to obesity-induced metabolic defects. Here, we propose that obesity and hyperleptinemia protect lipid-intolerant nonadipose organs against lipotoxic lipid spillover during sustained caloric surplus. Metabolic syndrome is ascribed to lipotoxicity caused by age-related resistance to antilipotoxic protection by leptin. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20223680 PMCID: PMC2880185 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2010.01.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Endocrinol Metab ISSN: 1043-2760 Impact factor: 12.015