2006
Alanine Aminotransferase Levels and Fatty Liver in Childhood Obesity: Associations with Insulin Resistance, Adiponectin, and Visceral Fat
Burgert TS, Taksali SE, Dziura J, Goodman TR, Yeckel CW, Papademetris X, Constable RT, Weiss R, Tamborlane WV, Savoye M, Seyal AA, Caprio S. Alanine Aminotransferase Levels and Fatty Liver in Childhood Obesity: Associations with Insulin Resistance, Adiponectin, and Visceral Fat. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2006, 91: 4287-4294. PMID: 16912127, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-1010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrahepatic fat accumulationAlanine aminotransferase levelsHepatic fat fractionVisceral fatInsulin sensitivityMagnetic resonance imagingFat accumulationAminotransferase levelsMetabolic syndromeFatty liverInsulin resistanceChildhood obesityResonance imagingLipid metabolismNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseHispanic race/ethnicityAbdominal fat partitioningSerum aminotransferase elevationFatty liver diseaseBiomarkers of inflammationHepatic fat accumulationReduced insulin sensitivityFat fractionRace/ethnicityAminotransferase elevation
2003
Prediabetes in obese youth: a syndrome of impaired glucose tolerance, severe insulin resistance, and altered myocellular and abdominal fat partitioning
Weiss R, Dufour S, Taksali SE, Tamborlane WV, Petersen KF, Bonadonna RC, Boselli L, Barbetta G, Allen K, Rife F, Savoye M, Dziura J, Sherwin R, Shulman GI, Caprio S. Prediabetes in obese youth: a syndrome of impaired glucose tolerance, severe insulin resistance, and altered myocellular and abdominal fat partitioning. The Lancet 2003, 362: 951-957. PMID: 14511928, PMCID: PMC2995523, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14364-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpaired glucose toleranceNormal glucose toleranceGlucose toleranceObese childrenInsulin resistanceObese adolescentsGlucose disposalInsulin sensitivitySevere peripheral insulin resistanceNon-oxidative glucose metabolismSubcutaneous fatH plasma glucose concentrationsAbdominal fat partitioningVisceral lipid contentsPeripheral glucose disposalHigher intramyocellular lipid contentAbdominal fat distributionDegree of obesityIntramyocellular lipid contentPeripheral insulin resistanceHigh visceral fatAbdominal subcutaneous fatEuglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clampSevere insulin resistancePlasma glucose concentration