DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0223 © 2008 by the American Diabetes Association
Should Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Be Included in the Definition of Metabolic Syndrome? A Cross-Sectional Comparison With Adult Treatment Panel III Criteria in Nonobese Nondiabetic SubjectsResponse to Sookoian et al.
1 Gradenigo Hospital, Turin, Italy Corresponding author: Giovanni Musso, Gradenigo Hospital, Corso R. Margherita 8, 10132 Torino, Italy. E-mail: giovanni_musso@yahoo.it
The findings of Sookoian et al. (1) expand our recent research (2) and further suggest that the liver, the vessel wall, and adipose tissue share common inflammatory pathways. Intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a transmembrane adhesion molecule involved in leukocyte migration
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