Insulin Resistance (eBook)

Dr Sudhesh Kumar MD FRCP, Professor of Medicine (Diabetes &? Metabolism), Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick Prof Steve O'Rahilly, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Preface.

List of Contributors

1. The Insulin Receptor and Downstream Signalling (Ken
Siddle).

2. Insulin-Mediated Regulation of Glucose Metabolism (Daniel
Konrad, Assaf Rudich and Amira Klip).

3. Insulin Action on Lipid Metabolism (Keith N. Frayn and
Fredrik Karpe).

4. The Effect of Insulin on Protein Metabolism (Laura J. S.
Greenlund and K. Sreekumaran Nair).

5. Genetically Modified Mouse Models of Insulin Resistance
(Gema Medina, Christopher Lelliott and Antonio J.
Vidal-Puig).

6. Insulin Resistance in Glucose Disposal and Production in Man
with Specific Reference to Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes
(Henning Beck-Nielsen, Frank Alford and Ole
Hother-Nielsen).

7. Central Regulation of Peripheral Glucose Metabolism
(Stanley M. Hileman and Christian Bjørbæk).

8. Relationship Between Fat Distribution and Insulin Resistance
(Philip G. McTernan, Aresh Anwar and Sudhesh Kumar).

9. PPARy and Glucose Homeostasis (Robert K.
Semple and Stephen O'Rahilly).

10. Adipokines and Insulin Resistance (Daniel K. Clarke and
Vidya Mohamed-Ali).

11. Dietary Factors and Insulin Resistance (Jeremy Krebs and
Susan Jebb).

12. Physical Activity and Insulin Resistance (Nicholas J.
Wareham, Søren Brage, Paul W. Franks and Rebecca
Abbott).

13. Genetics of the Metabolic Syndrome (George Argyropoulos,
Steven Smith and Claude Bouchard).

14. Insulin Resistance and Dyslipidaemia (Benoît
Lamarche and Jean-François Mauger).

15. Insulin Resistance, Hypertension and Endothelial Dysfunction
(Stephen J. Cleland and John M. C. Connell).

16. Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Neus
Potau).

17. Syndromes of Severe Insulin Resistance (SSIRs) (David
Savage and Stephen O'Rahilly).

18. Therapeutic Strategies for Insulin Resistance (Harpal S.
Randeva, Margaret Clarke and Sudhesh Kumar).

19. Drug Therapy for Insulin Resistance - a Look at the
Future (Bei B. Zhang and David E. Moller).

Index.

"The book is intended for specialists...however with the
current interest in obesity and the threats it poses to the general
public health, others will also find it of interest."
(E-STREAMS, September 2006)

"...a major contribution to the increasing body of work...this
book appears at an appropriate moment to educate and excite young
investigators..." (New England Journal of Medicine,
November 17, 2005)