Beschreibung:
Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is a highly prevalent condition in developed countries and is a cluster of several risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease that includes increased body mass index/waist circumference, visceral obesity, insulin resistance, hyperclycaemia, dyslipidaemia and hypertension, which are all major causes of morbidity and death.
Concepts and emergent therapeutic interventions
The Metabolic Syndrome.- Oxidative Stress: From the 1980's to Recent Update.- Oxidative Stress in the Metabolic Syndrome.- Chronic Inflammation in the Metabolic Syndrome: Emphasis on Adipose Tissue.- Angiogenesis in the Metabolic Syndrome.- Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the Metabolic Syndrome.- Vascular Glucose Transport and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Natural Polyphenols as Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Angiogenic Agents in the Metabolic Syndrome.- Metabolic Syndrome: Practical Implications of a Concept.