New culprit behind obesity's ill metabolic consequences
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
Obesity very often leads to insulin resistance, and now researchers reporting in the July 8 issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, have uncovered another factor behind that ill consequence. The newly discovered culprit -a protein known as pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF for short) -is secreted by fat cells. They also report evidence to suggest that specifically blocking that protein's action may reverse some of the health complications that come with obesity.