Fatty Acid and Lipotoxicity in Obesity and Diabetes (eBook)

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Symposium on Fatty acids and lipotoxicity in obesity and diabetes,
held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 October
2006.

Editors: Gregory Bock (Organizer) and Jamie Goode.

This symposium is based on a proposal made by Peng Li.

Bruce M. Spiegelman - Chair's introduction.

Bruce M. Spiegelman - Transcriptional control of energy
homeostasis through the PGC1 coactivators.

Discussion.

Stephen O'Rahilly - Human obesity and insulin
resistance: lessons from experiments of nature.

Discussion.

Deborah M. Muoio and Timothy R. Koves - Lipid-induced
metabolic dysfunction in skeletal muscle.

Discussion.

Alan D. Attie, Matthew T. Flowers, Jessica B. Flowers, Albert K.
Groen, Folkert Kuipers and James M. Ntambi - Stearoyl-CoA
desaturase deficiency, hypercholesterolaemia, cholestasis and
diabetes.

Discussion.

Karen Reue - The role of lipin 1 in adipogenesis and lipid
metabolism. Discussion.

David Carling - The role of the AMP-activated protein kinase in
the regulation of energy homeostasis.

Discussion.

Gökhan S. Hotamisligil - Endoplasmic reticulum stress and
inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Discussion.

Ira Tabas, Tracie Seimon, Jerry Arellano, Yankun Li, Fabien
Forcheron, Dongying Cui, Seongah Han, Chien-Ping Liang, Alan Tall
and Domenico Accili - The impact of insulin resistance on
macrophage death pathways in advanced atherosclerosis.

Discussion.

Sandra Lobo and David A. Bernlohr - Fatty acid transport in
adipocytes and the development of insulin resistance.

Discussion.

Paul N. Black and Concetta C. DiRusso - Vectorial acylation:
linking fatty acid transport and activation to metabolic
trafficking.

Discussion.

Günther Daum, Andrea Wagner, Tibor Czabany, Karlheinz
Grillitsch and Karin Athenstaedt - Lipid storage and mobilization
pathways in yeast.

Discussion.

John Zhong Li and Peng Li - Cide proteins and the development of
obesity. Discussion.

General discussion I.

Visualizing brown adipose tissue with FDG-PET.

Takashi Kadowaki, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Naoto Kubota, Kazuo Hara
and Kohjiro Ueki - Adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in
obesity-linked insulin resistance.

Discussion.

Gabriel Pascual, Amy L. Sullivan, Sumito Ogawa, Amir Gamliel,
Valentina Perissi, Michael G. Rosenfeld and Christopher K. Glass
-Anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic roles of PPARgamma.

Discussion.

Final discussion.

Nutrition, ageing and lipotoxicity.

Index of contributors.

Subject index.

"This book will be an excellent resource for either beginning students or more established investigators in the field. The speakers are all top-notch researchers who gave clear and informative presentations. The integrative nature of the follow-up discussions and the excellent insights provided by the chair of the meeting throughout give the book an unusual coherence and consistency that is often lacking in broad, general reviews." (Doody's, April 2008)