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By Peter Lucas | June 1 2012

A team of researchers led by Peter Lucas, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, Linda McAllister-Lucas, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Matthew Van Beek, former graduate student in the Molecular and Cellular Pathology Graduate Program, reported this week on a new mechanism underlying high-fat-diet induced insulin resistance, a precursor to type II diabetes.  The work was highlighted by the Medical School at http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/inflammatory-response-high-fat-diet and published in the journal Cell Reports.