Fat fuels insulin resistance through Toll-like receptors (original) (raw)

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Dietary lipids seem to activate a Toll-like receptor, which is better known for its defense against infectious pathogens. The findings suggest that the resulting inflammatory response may link obesity with type 2 diabetes.

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Figure 1: TLR4 and insulin resistance.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Obesity Research Center, Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    Matthias Tschöp
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    George Thomas

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Tschöp, M., Thomas, G. Fat fuels insulin resistance through Toll-like receptors.Nat Med 12, 1359–1361 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1206-1359

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