Why does severe insulin resistance often coincide with elevated triglyceride levels in patients with metabolic syndrome?

💡 Explanation

Insulin resistance leads to a compensatory increase in insulin secretion, but the cells become less responsive. Because the impaired insulin signaling in the liver promotes increased de novo lipogenesis, resulting in elevated triglyceride production, therefore, elevated triglycerides are observed, rather than decreased lipogenesis.

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