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 concentrationDefective Activation of Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue Lipolysis in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus during Hypoglycemia
Enoksson S, Caprio SK, Rife F, Shulman GI, Tamborlane WV, Sherwin RS. Defective Activation of Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue Lipolysis in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus during Hypoglycemia. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2003, 88: 1503-1511. PMID: 12679430, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdipose TissueAdrenergic beta-AgonistsAdultBlood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1EpinephrineFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFemaleGlucoseGlucose Clamp TechniqueGlycerolHomeostasisHumansHypoglycemiaInsulinLactic AcidLipolysisMaleMuscle, SkeletalNorepinephrineReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2TerbutalineConceptsT1DM patientsControl subjectsGlucose disposalAdipose tissueType 1 diabetes mellitus patientsWhole-body glucose disposalWhole-body glucose useSkeletal muscleDiabetes mellitus patientsGlucagon secretory responsesRisk of hypoglycemiaPlasma epinephrine concentrationSeverity of hypoglycemiaAdipose tissue lipolysisMajor target tissuesHyperinsulinemic euglycemiaAgonist terbutalineAdrenomedullary responseMellitus patientsNondiabetic subjectsDeficient releasePlasma epinephrinePlasma glucoseInsulin infusionCatecholamine secretion
1995
Central adiposity and its metabolic correlates in obese adolescent girls
Caprio S, Hyman LD, Limb C, McCarthy S, Lange R, Sherwin RS, Shulman G, Tamborlane WV. Central adiposity and its metabolic correlates in obese adolescent girls. American Journal Of Physiology 1995, 269: e118-e126. PMID: 7631766, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1995.269.1.e118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObese adolescent girlsObese girlsInsulin secretionInsulin actionSubcutaneous abdominal fat depotsFree fatty acid levelsGlucose-stimulated insulin responseHip circumference ratioEuglycemic insulin clampHyperglycemic clamp techniqueBasal insulin secretionAbdominal fat depotsAdolescent girlsHepatic glucose productionFatty acid levelsMagnetic resonance imagingLean womenCentral adiposityInsulin dosesVisceral fatInsulin clampInsulin resistanceNonobese girlsGlucose disposalInsulin infusion
1991
Insulin Resistance: An Early Metabolic Defect of Turner's Syndrome*
CAPRIO S, BOULWARE S, DIAMOND M, SHERWIN R, CARPENTER TO, RUBIN K, AMIEL S, PRESS M, TAMBORLANE W. Insulin Resistance: An Early Metabolic Defect of Turner's Syndrome*. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1991, 72: 832-836. PMID: 2005209, DOI: 10.1210/jcem-72-4-832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-stimulated glucose metabolismEarly metabolic defectsNormal controlsGlucose metabolismTurner syndromeEuglycemic clampInsulin resistanceGroup 2Metabolic defectsTurner patientsAge-matched normal controlsChain amino acid levelsGroup of patientsRisk of diabetesNonoxidative glucose disposalIntracellular glucose metabolismWhole-body glucoseHepatic glucose productionNondiabetic patientsEstrogen therapyHormone therapyYounger patientsGlucose disposalHepatic sensitivityInsulin sensitivity