Response to Comment on: Cani et al. (2007) Metabolic Endotoxemia Initiates Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Diabetes 56:1761–1772
- Rémy Burcelin1,
- Patrice D. Cani1 and
- Jacques Amar2
- 1INSERM U858, Institute of Molecular Medicine I2MR, Toulouse, France
- 2INSERM U558, Toulouse, France
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Rémy Burcelin, I2MR U858, IFR 31, Hôpital Rangueil, BP 84225, Toulouse 31432 Cedex 4, France. E-mail: burcelin{at}toulouse.inserm.fr
We thank Saito and Reiko (1), who point out an important fact with regard to the potential sources of circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in metabolic endotoxemia and its correlation with obesity. This relationship has been shown in humans and …
