This conference aims to bring experts together to discuss the molecular basis of metabolic disorders linked to overnutrition, with a particular focus on understanding human insulin resistance.Topics covered will include:
- The potential roles of, altered lipid metabolism (‘lipotoxicity’), hyperinsulinaemia, inflammation, adipokines and altered redox state in ‘causing’ insulin resistance.
- Insights from human genetic studies on the determinants of fat mass, distribution and metabolic disease