Inflammation, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes: back to the future?

Diabetes. 2009 Feb;58(2):307-8. doi: 10.2337/db08-1656.

Author

William T Cefalu¹

Affiliation

¹ Section on Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. cefaluwt@pbrc.edu

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Adiposity / physiology
Adult
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / pathology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Inflammation / blood
Inflammation / pathology
Inflammation / physiopathology*
Insulin Resistance / physiology*
Macrophages / physiology
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / blood
Obesity / pathology
Obesity / physiopathology