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Recent advances in the relationship between obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance.

J. Bastard, M. Maachi, C. Lagathu, Min Ji Kim, M. Caron, H. Vidal, J. Capeau, B. Fève

2006.3.1EUROPEAN CYTOKINE NETWORK

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It can be considered that obesity corresponds to a sub-clinical inflammatory condition that promotes the production of pro-inflammatory factors involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, including leptin, TNF-alpha, IL-6 and resistin.

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BASTARD, J., et al. Recent advances in the relationship between obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance. EUROPEAN CYTOKINE NETWORK, 2006, 17 1: 4–12.