Full Description
This is a first 'pathobiochemist's view' giving only a short clinical/medical background but a condensed overview about biochemical pathways closely related to several facets of the Metabolic Syndrome.
Contents
Preface Chapter 1 Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome Chapter 2 Insulin signaling and insulin resistance Chapter 3 Adipose tissue inflammation and hypoxia Chapter 4 Mitochondrial dysfunction Chapter 5 Nonalcoholic liver inflammation Chapter 6 Dysregulation of apolipoprotein metabolism and disturbed lipid homeostasis Chapter 7 Endothelial dysfunction Chapter 8 Genetics of the Metabolic Syndrome Chapter 9 Metabolic Syndrome and Ovarian Polycystosis Chapter 10 Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Chapter 11 Animal Models of the Metabolic Syndrome Bibliography
