insulin resistance
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insulin
noun[U]
uk/ˈɪn.sjə.lɪn/us/ˈɪn.sə.lɪn/
a hormone in the body that controls the amount of sugar in ...
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resistance
noun
uk/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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(Definition ofinsulinandresistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Now, we turn briefly to a non-pharmacologic strategy that exerts a powerful and beneficial effect oninsulinresistance.
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Advancing age andinsulinresistance: role of plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
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These circulating factors would promote vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, and result ininsulinresistanceand hypertension as described above.
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Notably,insulinresistancemay in part account for the enhanced 5a-reduction of cortisol without affecting cortisol production.
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The metabolic syndrome constitutes a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension,insulinresistanceand diabetes mellitus.
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Serotonergic effects on energy balance lead to secondary effects on glucose homeostasis, based on a well-established link between obesity andinsulinresistance.
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This work concluded the most clinically useful predictors of poor outcome were obesity andinsulinresistance.
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This is achieved by inducing maternalinsulinresistance, and promoting lipolysis and mobilization of upper body fat stores in the third trimester.
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They are thought to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce peripheralinsulinresistance.
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Skeletal muscle appears to be also affected by androgen-inducedinsulinresistance.
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Therefore, other potential links between endothelial dysfunction and pre-eclampsia likeinsulinresistanceor abnormal lipids could be postulated.
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The disorder is defined byinsulinresistanceand an insulin secretory defect resulting in impaired glucose tolerance and persistent hyperglycaemia.
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These data are consistent with the interpretation that the macrophage is an important, and potentially initiating, cell type in the process of inflammation-inducedinsulinresistance.
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Increased adipose tissue expression of tumor necrosis factor-a in human obesity andinsulinresistance.
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Diabetes in the elderly bearing in mind that some obese diabetic patients may require very large doses because of their inherentinsulinresistance.
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At 12 weeks of age, the male rats demonstrated whole bodyinsulinresistance.
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Should theinsulinresistancesyndrome be treated in the elderly?
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Consequently, hyperadiponectinemia not only protects againstinsulinresistance, and eventually type 2 diabetes, but also might favour additional weight gain and might predispose to obesity.
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The pathogenesis is characterized initially by a decline in beta cell function, followed by peripheralinsulinresistance.
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To the extent thatinsulinresistanceand neurodegenerative disorders are related, the increasing prevalence of insulin resistance could eventuate in an increasing prevalence of dementia.
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