Tribune News NetworkDohaSidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has contributed to a major international research study published in Nature Metabolism, titled ‘Towards a consensus atlas of human ...

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Objective To investigate if treatment with a single injection of autologous micro-fragmented adipose tissue improved patient-reported health compared with a placebo saline injection in patients ...

Objectives Compared with subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT), infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), the main knee intra-articular adipose tissue (IAAT), has an inflammatory phenotype in patients with ...

Materials/methods: A case series involving 34 patients who underwent adipose tissue collection from the abdomen under local anesthesia, without sedation, in a sterile environment, and who received the ...

The researchers conclude that in individuals who are living with obesity, adipose tissue insulin resistance is more severe in men than in women, which may partly explain why T2D is more common in men.

More information: Hye-Sook Han et al, Impaired BCAA catabolism in adipose tissues promotes age-associated metabolic derangement, Nature Aging (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-023-00460-8 ...

Adiponectin, a hormone secreted by adipose tissue, plays a doubly important role in preserving pancreatic function: in lean people, it protects beta cells, which make insulin, and in obese people ...

Adipose tissue, or fat, is an anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. Its main role is to store energy in the form of fat, although it also cushions and insulates the ...

Visceral adipose tissue is significantly reduced with the green Mediterranean diet (MED), which consists of polyphenols and reduced red meat intake, according to a new analysis of the 18-month ...

They analyzed autopsied adipose tissue specimens from COVID-19 patients. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was found in 49% (23 out of 47) of tested samples, suggesting that fat serves as an extrapulmonary site for ...