...Carla El-Mallah; Omar Obeid Obesity and increased body adiposity have been alarmingly increasing over the past decades and have been linked to a rise in food intake. Many dietary restrictive approaches aiming at reducing weight have resulted in contradictory results. Additionally, some policies...

... disease) all of which may contribute to endothelial dysfunction, an early marker of CVD (cardiovascular disease) risk. Our objective was to examine the relationships between endothelial dysfunction in PCOS, the volume of AT (adipose tissue) compartments and the size of intracellular TAG (triacylglycerol...

...: Professor J. Kennedy Cruickshank (email [email protected] ). 21 1 2011 27 6 2011 11 7 2011 11 7 2011 © The Authors Journal compilation © 2012 Biochemical Society 2012 adiposity endothelial function gestational diabetes pregnancy small artery women...

.... SK0506 exerted similar effects to RSG (rosiglitazone) on impaired glucose intolerance. SK0506 also significantly enhanced glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis in adipose tissue during hyperinsulinaemic–euglycaemic clamp. Western blotting analysis revealed that SK0506 enhanced GLUT4 (glucose transporter...

... cardiovascular risk, but the relationship of adiposity with these processes is unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationships of BMI (body mass index), waist circumference, hip circumference and WHR (waist-to-hip ratio) with VIIc (factor VII activity), plasma markers of thrombin...