PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vinall, Maria ED - Rudich, Assaf TI - Adipose Tissue at the Crossroads of the Metabolic Syndrome DP - 2010 Dec 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 37--38 VI - 10 IP - 9 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/9/37.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/9/37.full AB - This article discusses the complex communication between adipocytes and hepatocytes, noting that understanding this crosstalk is important, since it affects the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ultimately one needs to consider three domains: the adipose domain, the mediator domain, and the liver domain.