Dysfunctional adipose tissue and low-grade inflammation in the management of the metabolic syndrome: current practices and future advances

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Abstract

The ongoing worldwide obesity epidemic makes the metabolic syndrome an increasingly important entity. In this review, we provide a short background on the metabolic syndrome, we discuss recent developments in the three main options that have been identified for intervention in the metabolic syndrome, i.e. lifestyle and surgical and pharmacological interventions, and we focus on different views in the literature and also include our own viewpoints on the metabolic syndrome. In addition, we discuss some emerging treatment targets for adipose tissue dysfunction and low-grade inflammation, i.e. activation of the inflammasome and the complement system, and consider some selected opportunities for intervention in these processes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2515
JournalF1000Research
Volume5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Review
  • Journal Article

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