Open AccessComment on: Cani et al. (2007) Metabolic Endotoxemia Initiates Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Diabetes 56:1761–1772
Author(s) -
Toshiyuki Saito,
Hideaki Hayashida,
Reiko Furugen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.219
H-Index - 330
eISSN - 1939-327X
pISSN - 0012-1797
DOI - 10.2337/db07-1181
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , diabetes mellitus , obesity , endocrinology
The recent article by Cani et al. (1) interests us very much. We have reported that obesity and periodontitis were associated for the first time in 1998 (2). Further study revealed that hepatic impairment was more strongly associated with periodontitis than obesity indexes (3). Our results showed that periodontitis increased with elevated serum …
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