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obesity and T2D is characterized as ‘diabesity’ ( Koulouridis 2004 ). A multitude of factors contribute to the pathogenesis of T2D including inflammatory cytokines, increased concentrations of free fatty acids (FFA), adipokines, impaired mitochondrial
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intake; (ii) delaying gastric emptying; (iii) facilitating intestinal digestion of fat and TG absorption and (iv) enhancing fatty acid (FA) catabolism in oxidative tissues. More recently, King and coworkers demonstrated that FA uptake by adipose tissue in
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. 2013 , Liu et al . 2013 ). Among these adipokines, fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) has recently been linked to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Additionally, FABP4 is highly expressed in macrophages, contributing to the development of
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multi-species leptin ELISA as validated for cats ( Hoenig et al. 2003 ). Nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) were measured using an enzymatic test kit (Wako Diagnostic, Richmond, PA, USA). In the cats, the FT 4 fraction expressed as a percentage was
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our total body weight ( Almeida et al. 2019 ). Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are the major metabolic end products of gut microbial fermentation of dietary fibre with acetate, propionate and butyrate, generated in an approximate molar ratio of 60
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Department of Physiology, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Research Institute, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Institute of Medical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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Introduction Obesity is associated with elevated circulating free fatty acids (FFAs) and FFAs cause insulin resistance ( Lewis et al . 2002 , Xiao et al . 2008 ). FFAs induce oxidative stress ( Nakamura et al . 2009 , Yuzefovych et al . 2010
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Introduction Obesity leads to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) because of insulin resistance, and insulin resistance of obesity is due to elevated circulating levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) and cytokines ( Boden 1997 , Lewis et al . 2002
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development of type 2 diabetes. In particular, it has been proposed that the hyperlipidaemia which can accompany obesity may lead to an elevation in plasma levels of free fatty acids ( Gordon 1960 , Unger 1995 , Sabin et al . 2007 ) which, in turn
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free fatty acids (FFAs), from the expanded adipose tissue in obese individuals. In particular, elevated circulating levels of FFA cause insulin resistance in both animals and humans ( Roden et al . 1996 , Boden et al . 2001 , Yuan et al . 2001
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, Sánchez et al . 2008 ). In addition, DHEA-S can modulate fatty acid (FA) metabolism, through up-regulation of hepatic enzymes involved in β-oxidation ( Waxman 1996 , Depreter et al . 2002 ). The relevance of FAs is far beyond their role as energy