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Department - Clinical Nutrition (KLE)
Institution
Section overview
Description
nvestigation of the role of nutrient-dependent factors in the pathogenesis of major diseases of industrialized countries (e.g. obesity, diabetes mellitus, and the metabolic syndrome). Obesity appears to be a central constellation inducing the components of the metabolic syndrome, which includes important genetic effects. The metabolic syndrome describes the frequent clustering of the risk components which provide the common soil for atherosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, and at least several types of cancer. The metabolic syndrome includes the following components: disturbed glucose metabolism, central obesity, dyslipidemia with low HDL-cholesterol and raised triglycerides, hypertension, microalbuminuria, and disturbed fibrinolysis. A better understanding of the mechanisms eliciting the metabolic syndrome will offer a key for targeted strategies of prevention. The focus of our studies is therefore an understanding of these mechanisms.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
Coordinated projects
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Contact
Department - Clinical Nutrition
(KLE)
Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116
14558 Nuthetal
Brandenburg
Germany
Email: presse(@)dife.de
