2024
Altered extracellular matrix dynamics is associated with insulin resistance in adolescent children with obesity
Slusher A, Nouws J, Tokoglu F, Vash‐Margita A, Matthews M, Fitch M, Shankaran M, Hellerstein M, Caprio S. Altered extracellular matrix dynamics is associated with insulin resistance in adolescent children with obesity. Obesity 2024, 32: 593-602. PMID: 38410080, PMCID: PMC11034857, DOI: 10.1002/oby.23974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcutaneous adipose tissueLiver fat contentInsulin resistanceInsulin sensitivityEctopic storage of lipidOral glucose tolerance testGluteal subcutaneous adipose tissueExtracellular matrix dynamicsMagnetic resonance imaging scansAdipose tissueBody fat distribution patternsFibrogenesis in vivoAdipocyte turnoverAssociated with insulin resistanceGlucose tolerance testFat distribution patternsWhole-body IRAdipose tissue insulin signalingTissue insulin signalingTolerance testGluteal fatImaging scansPathophysiological pathwaysAssociated with ratioObesity
2018
Ethnicity and Common Genetic Variants Modulate Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Metabolic Phenotype in Obese Youth
TRICO D, CAPRIO S, UMANO G, GALDERISI A, MATA M, NOUWS J, PIERPONT B, KIM G, SANTORO N. Ethnicity and Common Genetic Variants Modulate Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Metabolic Phenotype in Obese Youth. Diabetes 2018, 67 DOI: 10.2337/db18-313-or.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseType 2 diabetesInsulin resistanceObese adolescentsInsulin sensitivityPrevalence of NAFLDHigher C-peptide levelsOral glucose tolerance testAfrican AmericansC-peptide levelsHigh fasting glucoseFatty liver diseaseGlucose tolerance testLower insulin sensitivityMajor risk factorZ-score BMIHepatic fat contentStrongest predictorCommon gene variantsFasting GlucoseNAFLD developmentGlucose toleranceLiver diseaseTolerance test