Chun Lab on Metabolism & Diabetes

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Chun Lab on Metabolism & Diabetes

We try to find molecular mechanisms underlying the disease link between obesity and the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

12/06/2012

Reading this article.

Hyperinsulinemia is associated with obesity and pancreatic islet hyperplasia, but whether insulin causes these phenomena or is a compensatory response has remained unsettled for decades. We examined the role of insulin hypersecretion in diet-induced obesity by varying the pancreas-specific Ins1 gene...

12/05/2012

Vitamin D deficiency in patients suspected for primary hyperparathyroidism "If present, however, we recommend substitution with VitD before a final decision on treatment is made."

Management of patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been widely discussed because most patients today do not have specific symptoms. While surgery is always an option, the recommendations for treatment have shifted, which mostly reflects changes in clinical practice. In this stud...

12/04/2012

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33326/title/Fat-s-Immune-Sentinels/

Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.

11/29/2012

Today's lecture

Helen Hobbs, M.D., an expert on Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), will speak on “Nature, Nurture and NAFLD” as part of the MEND Division Research Conference Series.

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Ann Arbor, MI
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