Excessive portal venous supply of long-chain free fatty acids to the liver, leading to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-axis and sympathetic activation as a key to the development of syndrome X. A proposed concept for the induction of syndrome X.
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 892 (1) , 308-311
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07804.x
Abstract
No abstract availableKeywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Topics in Type 2 DiabetesDiabetes Care, 1997
- Impact of waist-hip-ratio and body-mass-index on hormonal and metabolic parameters in young, obese womenInternational Journal of Obesity, 1997
- The metabolic syndrome is related to β3-adrenoceptor sensitivity in visceral adipose tissueDiabetologia, 1996
- Effects of body fat distribution on regional lipolysis in obesity.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1991
- Influence of body fat distribution on free fatty acid metabolism in obesity.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1989
- Serum Alanine Aminotransferase to Aspartate Aminotransferase Ratio and Degree of Fatty Liver in Morbidly Obese PatientsEnzyme, 1986
- Distribution of adipose tissue and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: a 12 year follow up of participants in the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden.BMJ, 1984
- Differences at the Receptor and Postreceptor Levels Between Human Omental and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in the Action of Insulin on LipolysisDiabetes, 1983
- Functional Hepatocellular HeterogeneityHepatology, 1982
- Effect of Weight Loss without Salt Restriction on the Reduction of Blood Pressure in Overweight Hypertensive PatientsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1978