In a society where physical activity is limited and food supply is abundant, metabolic
diseases are becoming a serious epidemic. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a cluster …

Exposure to arsenic in drinking water is a worldwide health problem. This pollutant is
associated with increased risk of developing chronic diseases, including metabolic …

Nerve growth factor (NGF) was the first neurotrophin described. This neurotrophin
contributes to organogenesis by promoting sensory innervation and angiogenesis in the …

Incretin mimetics are frequently used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes because they
potentiate β cell response to glucose. Clinical evidence showing short-term benefits of such …

This review focuses on the question of metabolic syndrome (MS) being a complex, but
essentially monophyletic, galaxy of associated diseases/disorders, or just a syndrome of …

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of signs that increases the risk to develop diabetes
mellitus type 2 and cardiovascular disease. In the last years, a growing interest to study the …

The increment in energy-dense food and low physical activity has contributed to the current
obesity pandemic, which is more prevalent in women than in men. Insulin is an anabolic …

Objective: We assessed the sex-specific differences in the molecular mechanisms of insulin
resistance in muscle and adipose tissue, in a MS rat model induced by a high sucrose diet …

Humans have developed effective survival mechanisms under conditions of nutrient (and
energy) scarcity. Nevertheless, today, most humans face a quite different situation: excess of …

Worldwide increase in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus type 2
(DM2) during the past decades has converted them into a global epidemic disease. It is not …