Phytochemicals and their impact on adipose tissue inflammation and diabetes

• Published in: Vascular pharmacology Vol. 58; no. 1-2; pp. 3 - 20
• Main Authors: Leiherer, Andreas, Mündlein, Axel, Drexel, Heinz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2013
• Subjects: adipocytes; Adipose Tissue - drug effects; Adipose Tissue - pathology; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use; Biological Products - pharmacology; Biological Products - therapeutic use; Cardiovascular; diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Humans; inflammation; Inflammation - drug therapy; Inflammation - pathology; Phytotherapy - methods; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - therapeutic use; resveratrol; Western diet; inflammation; adipocytes; diabetes; resveratrol; Western diet

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an inflammatory disease and the mechanisms that underlie this disease, although still incompletely understood, take place in the adipose tissue of obese subjects. Concurrently, the prevalence of obesity caused by Western diet's excessive energy intake and the lack of...