Oxidative stress and inflammatory mechanisms in obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lester Packer, Helmut Sies.
• Other Names: Packer, Lester; Sies, H (Helmut), 1942-
• Contents: The metabolic syndrome defined / Neil J. Stone and Jennifer Berliner -- The metabolic syndrome: the question of balance between the pro-inflammatory effect of macronutrients and the anti-inflammatory effect of insulin / Paresh Dandona [and others] -- The role of oxidative stress in diseases associated with overweight and obesity / Ginger L. Milne [and others] -- Metabolic syndrome due to early life nutritional modifications / Malathi Srinivasan, Paul Mitrani, and Mulchand S. Patel -- Oxidative stress and antioxidants in the perinatal period / Hiromichi Shoji, Yuichiro Yamashiro, and Berthold Koletzko -- Maternal obesity, glucose intolerance, and inflammation in pregnancy / Janet C. King -- Obesity, nutrigenomics, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes / David Heber -- Post-prandial endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation in type 2 diabetes / Antonio Ceriello -- Obesity and inflammation: implications for atherosclerosis / John Alan Farmer -- Oligomeric composition of adiponectin and obesity / T. Bobbert and Joachim Spranger -- Insulin-stimulated reactive oxygen species and insulin signal transduction / Barry J. Goldstein, Kalyankar Mahadev, and Xiangdong Wu. Intracellular signaling pathways and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in vascular health in hypertension and in diabetes / Farhad Amiri, Karim Benkirane, and Ernesto L. Schiffrin -- Role of uncoupling protein 2 in pancreatic [beta]-cell function: secretion and survival / Jingyu Diao, Catherine B. Chan, and Michael B. Wheeler -- Nutritional modulation of inflammation in metabolic syndrome / Uma Singh, Sridevi Devaraj, and Ishwarlal Jialal -- Dietary fatty acids and metabolic syndrome / Helen M. Roche -- Lipid-induced death of macrophages: implication for destabilization of atherosclerotic plaques / Oren Tirosh and Anna Aronis -- [Alpha]-lipoic acid prevents diabetes mellitus and endothelial dysfunction in diabetes-prone obese rats / Woo Je Lee, Ki-Up Lee, and Joong-Yeol Park -- Lipoic acid blocks obesity by reduced food intake, enhanced energy expenditure, and inhibited adipocyte differentiation / Jong-Min Park and An-Sik Chung -- Effects of conjugated linoleic acid and lipoic acid on insulin action in insulin-resistant obese Zucker rats / Erik J. Henriksen -- Trivalent chromium supplementation inhibits oxidative stress, protein glycosylation, and vascular inflammation in high glucose-exposed human erythrocytes and monocytes / Sushil K. Jain.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 322 pages), illustrations, charts
• Subjects: 616.3/9; Oxidative stress; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Diabetes; Metabolic Syndrome X -- physiopathology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- physiopathology; Inflammation -- physiopathology; Obesity -- physiopathology; Oxidative Stress -- physiology; Stress oxydatif; Syndrome métabolique; Obésité; Diabète; MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism; MEDICAL -- Nutrition; Diabetes; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Oxidative stress; Oxidativer Stress; Übergewicht; Diabetes mellitus; Metabolisches Syndrom; Pathophysiologie; Entzündung; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420043792
• Related ISBNs: 142004379X; 1420043781
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.