Use of the oral glucose tolerance test to assess insulin release and insulin sensitivity.

Michael Stümvoll, Asimina Mitrakou, Walkyria de Paula Pimenta, +5

Diabetes Care

Association of increased intramyocellular lipid content with insulin resistance in lean nondiabetic offspring of type 2 diabetic subjects.

Simon N. Jacob, Jürgen Machann, K. Rett, +8

Diabetes

Oral administration of rac-α-lipoic acid modulates insulin sensitivity in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus: a placebo-controlled pilot trial

Simon N. Jacob, Peter Ruus, Róbert Hermann, +6

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Metabolic SyndromeType-2 Diabetes MellitusDiabetes ManagementMedicinePlacebo-controlled Pilot Trial +6

The PPARγ2 amino acid polymorphism Pro 12 Ala is prevalent in offspring of Type II diabetic patients and is associated to increased insulin sensitivity in a subgroup of obese subjects

Matthias Koch, K. Rett, E. Maerker, +5

Diabetologia

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeInsulin SensitivityDiabetes EpidemiologyObese Subjects +10

Plasma vitamin E and beta-carotene concentrations during radiochemotherapy preceding bone marrow transplantation

MR Clemens, Claudia Ladner, Gerhard Ehninger, +5

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

TransplantationMarrow TransplantationBone Marrow FailurePhysiologyTransplantation Medicine +8

Circulating TNF-alpha and Leptin Levels in Offspring of NIDDM Patients Do Not Correlate to Individual Insulin Sensitivity

Monika Kellerer, K. Rett, W. Renn, +2

Hormone and Metabolic Research

The PPARγ2 Polymorphism Pro12Ala is Associated with Better Insulin Sensitivity in the Offspring of Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Simon N. Jacob, Michael Stümvoll, Roland Becker, +10

Hormone and Metabolic Research

GeneticsBetter Insulin SensitivityGenetic EpidemiologyInsulin SignalingObesity +15

Lipolysis in skeletal muscle is rapidly regulated by low physiological doses of insulin

Stephan Jacob, Bastian Hauer, Roland Becker, +9

Diabetologia

Metabolic SyndromeBiochemistrySkeletal MuscleDiabetesPhysiology +8

Insulin Action and Secretion in healthy, glucose tolerant first degree relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Influence of body weight

A. Volk, W. Renn, D. Overkamp, +6

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes

The tumour necrosis factor alpha -238 G → A and -308 G → A promoter polymorphisms are not associated with insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in young healthy relatives of Type II Diabetic patients

Matthias Koch, K. Rett, A. Volk, +6

Diabetologia

Metabolic SyndromeTumour Necrosis FactorGenetic DeterminantGeneticsDiabetes +7