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16th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

Hypothalamic inflammation cause or consequence of obesity?

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Hypothalamic inflammation: cause or consequence of obesity?

Yi Chun-Xia

Despite numerous educational interventions and medical efforts efforts, modern society continues to suffer from obesity and its associated metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, and these diseases show little sign of abating. The brain, and in particular the hypothalamus, continues to gain attention as an important central target for the treatment of metabolic disease. However, most of the pharmaceutical approaches directly targeting the brain largely have faile...