RT Journal
A1 Friedrich MJ
T1 STudies probe mechanisms that have a role in obesity-associated morbidities
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD September 19
VO 308
IS 11
SP 1077
OP 1079
DO 10.1001/2012.jama.11024
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11024
AB 
Although researchers have yet to discover a unifying pathological mechanism underlying the development of metabolic syndrome, they have learned much about how excess adiposity can perturb normal metabolic functions. In particular, the relationship between obesity and chronic low-grade inflammation in various tissues of the body, such as adipose tissue, has been the subject of intense research.