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Energy Metabolism and Sympathetic Activity in Patients with Insulin Resistance

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Clinical Research in Diabetes and Obesity

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All living organisms require a continuous supply of energy to maintain their structure and carry over their functions. In humans, the near totality of energy is obtained from oxidative phosphorylation, which occurs in mitochondria. In this process, reducing equivalents (NADH, FADH2) issued from degradation of endogenous or alimentary carbohydrates, lipids, and fat react with molecular oxygen, ADP, and inorganic phosphorus to produce H2O and ATP, the latter being the “energy battery” of cells (1, 2).

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Tappy, L., Paquot, N. (1997). Energy Metabolism and Sympathetic Activity in Patients with Insulin Resistance. In: Draznin, B., Rizza, R. (eds) Clinical Research in Diabetes and Obesity. Contemporary Biomedicine, vol 15. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3906-0_12

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