title: Metabolic syndrome: is Nlrp3 inflammasome a trigger or a target of insulin resistance?
authors.affiliation: Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Marcelo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bezy
authors.forename: C Ronald
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D058847:Inflammasomes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D000071199:NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058847:Inflammasomes; D000071199:NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; C453881:NLRP3 protein, human; C492716:Nlrp3 protein, mouse; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species