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Hotamisligil GS. This paper reviews the recent advances concerning the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its complications. The ER is the site where all the proteins are formed. Under conditions...

Erion DM, Shulman GI. This review focuses on the effect of increases in intracellular diacylglycerol content on hepatic and skeletal muscle insulin resistance associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Overnutrition is the most common cause for...

Tadros TM, Massaro JM, Rosito GA, Hoffmann U, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Keaney JF Jr, Lipinska I, Meigs JB, Kathiresan S, O'Donnell CJ, Fox CS, Benjamin EJ. The aim of this study was to examine the association between systemic inflammatory and oxidative...

Alvehus M, Burén J, Sjöström M, Goedecke J, Olsson T. The aim of this study was to examine the inflammatory gene expression profile of different abdominal adipose tissue depots such as intra-abdominal (visceral) adipose tissue (IAAT), superficial...

Libby P, Crea F. This review focuses on the inflammatory component of atherosclerosis. It is well-known that biomarkers of inflammation, notably high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), add to traditional risk factors to better identify...