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Peripheral TNF-alpha levels are minor factor in nonobese type 2 diabetic insulin resistance
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 28th, 2005
According to recent research published in the journal Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental, "The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) as well as soluble TNF receptors (sTNF-R), body mass index (BMI), leptin, adiponectin, and serum lipid profile including triglycerides in nonobese Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes."
M. Ohya and colleagues at Kansai-Denryoku Hospital included 88 nonobese Japanese type 2 diabetic patients in...
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