Renal Lipotoxicity-Associated Inflammation and Insulin Resistance Affects Actin Cytoskeleton Organization in Podocytes.

In the last few decades a change in lifestyle has led to an alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity and obesity-associated complications. Obese patients are at increased risk of developing hypertension, heart disease, insulin resistance (IR), dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes and renal disease. T...

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Main Authors: Cristina Martínez-García, Adriana Izquierdo-Lahuerta, Yurena Vivas, Ismael Velasco, Tet-Kin Yeo, Sheldon Chen, Gema Medina-Gomez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4636358?pdf=render