Currently,scientific interest has focused on fat accumulation outside of subcutaneous adipose tissue.As various imaging modalities are available to quantify fat accumulation in partic-ular organs,fatty pancreas has be...Currently,scientific interest has focused on fat accumulation outside of subcutaneous adipose tissue.As various imaging modalities are available to quantify fat accumulation in partic-ular organs,fatty pancreas has become an important area of research over the last decade.The pancreas has an essential role in regulating glucose metabolism and insulin secretion by responding to changes in nutrients under various metabolic circumstances.Mounting evidence has revealed that fatty pancreas is linked to impairedβ-cell function and affects in-sulin secretion with metabolic consequences of impaired glu-cose metabolism,type 2 diabetes,and metabolic syndrome.It has been shown that there is a connection between fatty pancreas and the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD),which has become the predominant cause of chronic liver disease worldwide.Therefore,it is nec-essary to better understand the pathogenic mechanisms of fat accumulation in the pancreas and its relationship with NAFLD.This review summarizes the epidemiology,diagnosis,risk factors,and metabolic consequences of fatty pancreas and discusses its pathophysiology links to NAFLD.展开更多
文摘Currently,scientific interest has focused on fat accumulation outside of subcutaneous adipose tissue.As various imaging modalities are available to quantify fat accumulation in partic-ular organs,fatty pancreas has become an important area of research over the last decade.The pancreas has an essential role in regulating glucose metabolism and insulin secretion by responding to changes in nutrients under various metabolic circumstances.Mounting evidence has revealed that fatty pancreas is linked to impairedβ-cell function and affects in-sulin secretion with metabolic consequences of impaired glu-cose metabolism,type 2 diabetes,and metabolic syndrome.It has been shown that there is a connection between fatty pancreas and the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD),which has become the predominant cause of chronic liver disease worldwide.Therefore,it is nec-essary to better understand the pathogenic mechanisms of fat accumulation in the pancreas and its relationship with NAFLD.This review summarizes the epidemiology,diagnosis,risk factors,and metabolic consequences of fatty pancreas and discusses its pathophysiology links to NAFLD.
