Adipose tissue is highly vascularized, ... with each adiponectin subunit in the basic trimeric building block represented in a different color.

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Body fat, or adipose tissue, is a complex organ. It contains fat cells, nerves, immune cells, and connective tissue. Its main job is to store and release energy, ...

This discovery not only unveils a novel mechanism by which BAT influences liver metabolism but also highlights miR-206-3p as a potential therapeutic ...

Adipose tissue has the potential to dramatically expand from 3% to 60-70% of the body weight in response to positive energy balances. It can be hypertrophic or hyperplastic in nature.

Results reveal that weight loss has significant effects on cellular processes that are known to affect metabolic health and ...

John Crandall, Tyler J Fraum, Richard L. Wahl. Brown adipose tissue: a protective mechanism in “pre-prediabetes”? Journal of Nuclear Medicine , 2022; jnumed.121.263357 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.121. ...

Omega-3 fatty acids are able to stimulate the activation of brown and beige adipose tissues, a discovery that would promote the development of new therapies for obesity and other metabolism ...

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.