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The case of visceral fat: argument for the defense.

The Journal of clinical investigation ·Vol. 113 ·No. 11 ·2004-06-00 ·Pages 1530-2

Klein S

Abstract

Increased plasma fatty acid concentrations may be responsible for many of the metabolic abnormalities associated with abdominal obesity. Excessive visceral fat is associated with insulin resistance and other metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease. A study reported in this issue of the JCI evaluates the relative contribution of fatty acids released during lipolysis of visceral adipose tissue triglycerides to portal and systemic fatty acid flux in human subjects.

MeSH Terms
Adipose Tissue/metabolism Animals Coronary Disease/etiology,metabolism Fatty Acids Humans Insulin/metabolism Kinetics Lipid Metabolism Liver/metabolism Portal System/metabolism
Chemicals
Fatty Acids Insulin
Authors & Affiliations
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Klein Samuel
Center for Human Nutrition and Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of clinical investigation
Abbr.
J Clin Invest
ISSN
0021-9738
DOI
10.1172/JCI22028
Published
2004-06-00
Pages
1530-2
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7802877
PMCID
PMC419497
Subset
IM
Corrections
CommentOn
PMID: 15173884
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1172/JCI22028 PMC Full Text View journal details
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