A healthy body stores fat in the form of so-called triglycerides in specialized fatty tissue as an energy reserve.
Under certain conditions the delicate balance of the lipid metabolism gets out of control and fat is accumulated in the liver, leading to the dreaded fatty liver.
This increases the risk of many metabolic diseases, such as the metabolic syndrome known as "deadly quartet".
fatty liverCortisol And Fatty Liver: Researchers Find Cause Of Severe Metab...ScienceDaily Wed, 09/10/2008 - 22:15
Cortisol and fatty liver: Researchers find cause of severe metab...EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Mon, 09/08/2008 - 23:00
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center discover how the cortisol receptor can disrupt the lipid metabolism in the liver Tags:
A common denominator of inflammations and fatty liverEurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Mon, 05/26/2008 - 23:00
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Cancer researchers find key molecule for tumor cachexia. How And Where Fat Is Stored Predicts Disease Risk Better Than We...ScienceDaily Fri, 04/18/2008 - 16:00
A new study in mice indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath risk factors that increases an individual's chances of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. |
