Oral Abstracts: Mechanistic Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome
Track
:
Track 1 — Metabolism and Integrative Physiology
Program Code:
314
Date:
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Time:
5:15 PM to 6:45 PM
EST
Description
Learning Objectives:
Explain how chronic low-grade inflammation occurring in the adipose tissue of obese individuals is causally linked to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome.
Discuss metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by hyperglycemia, abdominal obesity, hypertension, elevated plasma TG, and reduced plasma HDL cholesterol levels.
