Browsing Clinical Medicine (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Obesity"
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Dietary fat, abdominal obesity and smoking modulate the relationship between plasma complement component 3 concentrations and metabolic syndrome risk
(2012)Objective: Chronic inflammation plays a role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Complement component 3 (C3) is a novel cardiometabolic risk factor. Whether dietary fat intake ... -
?Examining the connectivity between different cellular processes in the Barrett tissue microenvironment: energy metabolism, hypoxia, inflammation, p53 and obesity?.
(2016)In Barrett associated tumorigenesis, oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis are reprogrammed early in the disease sequence and act mutually to promote disease progression. However, the link between energy metabolism and ... -
Fatty acid synthase downregulation contributes to acute lung injury in murine diet-induced obesity
(2019)The prevalence of obesity is rising worldwide, and obese patients constitute a specific population in the intensive care unit. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) incidence is increased in obese patients. Exposure ... -
Interleukin-36 cytokines alter the intestinal microbiome and can protect against obesity and metabolic dysfunction.
(2019)Members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family are important mediators of obesity and metabolic disease and have been described to often play opposing roles. Here we report that the interleukin-36 (IL-36) subfamily can play a ... -
Overweight and obesity among older adults upon admission to hospital
(2011)Poor nutritional status, which includes both under- and over-nutrition, is associated with poor health outcomes. This cross-sectional study assessed the nutritional status of older patients admitted to an acute geriatric ...