Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 60-67 , January 2011

Body mass index-independent inflammation in omental adipose tissue associated with insulin resistance in morbid obesity

  • Olga T. Hardy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  • Richard A. Perugini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  • Sarah M. Nicoloro, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Karen Gallagher-Dorval, B.S.N.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  • Vishwajeet Puri, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  • Juerg Straubhaar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  • Michael P. Czech, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Michael P. Czech, Ph.D., Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Suite 100, Worcester, MA 01605

Received 11 January 2010 ,Revised 7 May 2010 ,Accepted 18 May 2010.

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 Supported in part by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (grant DK30898 to M. P. Czech), Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Grant Award (to R. A. Perugini), and the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (to R. A. Perugini and O. T. Hardy). Core resources (Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Morphology) and a pilot grant (grant DK32520) supported by the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center were also used.

PII: S1550-7289(10)00520-4

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2010.05.013

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 60-67 , January 2011

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