Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 25th, 2006
Study 1: Monocytes are insulin target cells and capable of fatty acid metabolism.
According to recent research from Germany, "The metabolic syndrome X is characterized by a group of risk factors such as obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, hypertension, and insulin resistance. To study the functional alterations resulting from genetic variations, ex vivo studies are one option to be carried out."
"Since it is not an easy procedure to obtain cells from the related tissues ex vivo, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether...
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