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ReviewEndocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America2008

Intracellular lipid accumulation in liver and muscle and the insulin resistance syndrome.

Cristina Lara-Castro, W Timothy Garvey

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Review in Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Cristina Lara-CastroDepartment of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1675 University Boulevard,Birmingham, AL 35294-3360, USA.
W Timothy Garvey

Funding

Why is the prevalence of obesity so high in U.S. Southern States? Regional predictors of BMI and obesity treatment response.P30DK056336 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BARBARA A GOWER · 2000 to 2026
$31.9M
Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy Using a Modified TreatmentM01RR000032 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI RICH, ROBERT R. · 1985 to 2008
$23.6M
SECRETED ADIPOCYTE PROTEINS, INSULIN RESISTANCE VASCULARP01HL055782 · NHLBI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LOPES-VIRELLA, MARIA F · 1996 to 2005
$8.9M
MECHANISMS OF HYPERTENSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEST32HL007457 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Martin E Young · 1985 to 2026
$8.6M
UAB Diabetes Research and Training CenterP60DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GARVEY, W TIMOTHY · 2008 to 2012
$8.4M
MECHANISMS OF HUMAN INSULIN RESISTANCER01DK038765 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GARVEY, W TIMOTHY · 1993 to 2010
$4.0M
CSRD VA I01 CX000432NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000032NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR 00032NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL055782NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL 55782NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL 007457NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007457NIDDK NIH HHS DK 38764NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056336NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK 56336NIDDK NIH HHS P60 DK 079626NIDDK NIH HHS P60 DK079626NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK038765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article emphasizes intrahepatocellular and intramyocellular lipid accumulation as components of the insulin resistance syndrome. It examines the mechanisms responsible for the interrelationships among ectopic fat deposition, insulin resistance, and associated metabolic traits. These relationships are complex and vary according to diet, exercise, weight loss, and racial identity. Overall, there is a high degree of association of both intrahepatocellular and intramyocellular lipids with insulin resistance and associated cardiometabolic risk factors. It concludes that further research is necessary to determine the orchestrated roles of adipose and nonadipose tissue compartments in the regulation of insulin sensitivity, and mechanisms explaining racial differences in the insulin resistance syndrome-trait cluster.

Indexed as

AnimalsBody Fat DistributionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansIntracellular SpaceLipid MetabolismLiverMetabolic SyndromeMusclesObesityRacial Groups

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PMID19026935
PMCPMC2621269

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