Biomarkers of ectopic fat deposition: the next frontier in serum lipidomics.

CONCLUSIONS: Different serum lipids predict intramuscular TAG accumulation in obese people vs. athletes. The ability of serum lipidomics to predict intramuscular DAG and ceramide in insulin-resistant humans may prove a new biomarker to determine risk for diabetes. PMID: 26574956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Diabetes Metab - November 17, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Perreault L, Starling AP, Glueck D, Brozinick JT, Sanders P, Siddall P, Kuo MS, Dabelea D, Bergman BC Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research