Article
Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Archives of medical research - 1 Jan 2000
Leahy Jack L
Abstract excerpt
The pathological sequence for type 2 diabetes is complex and entails many different elements that act in concert to cause that disease. This review proposes a sequence of events and how they interact by a careful analysis of the human and animal model literature. A genetic predisposition must exist, although to date very little is known about specific genetic defects in this disease. Whether the diabetes...
Topics
- Animals
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Environment
- Fatty Acids
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glucose
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Islets of Langerhans
- Life Style
- Obesity
