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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(10):3041-3046; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn376
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The emerging biology of adipose tissue in chronic kidney disease: from fat to facts

Jonas Axelsson1

1 Divisions of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Jonas Axelsson, Department of Renal Medicine, K56, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46-8-5858-3981; Fax: +46-8-5858-3925; E-mail: jonas.axelsson@ki.se

Keywords: Metabolism; insulin resistance; renal disease; cytokine; adipokine

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   Introduction
 

"No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office."

George Bernard Shaw

Regardless of the implications, the incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide [1] and along with it the proportion of the population subject to hypertension [1] or type-2 diabetes mellitus [1]. Furthermore, the metabolic syndrome is an important risk factor for proteinuria and chronic kidney disease (CKD) independently of diabetes and hypertension [2]. For the nephrologist, this has resulted in both an increased influx of patients with CKD [2] and a larger and more obese end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population [3]. However, despite the generally reduced lifespan of obese patients not suffering from CKD [4], epidemiological studies of the impact of . . . [Full Text of this Article]



   Is uraemic fat different?
 


   Insulin resistance and uraemic dysmetabolism
 


   Adipose tissue as the largest endocrine gland in the body
 


   Adipokines as uraemic toxins mediating anorexia
 


   Fat as a source of inflammation in CKD patients
 


   Fat, bone and hypertension?
 


   Conclusion
 

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