University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center scientists found that activating fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) ...

Fucoxanthin is a marine carotenoid found in edible brown seaweeds. We previously reported that dietary fucoxanthin attenuates the weight gain of white adipose tissue (WAT) of diabetic/obese KK-Ay mice ...

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 ...

Although the SYMMETRY Phase IIb trial of the FGF21 analogue efruxifermin did not meet its primary endpoint at 36 weeks, ...

In the lean, healthy state, adipose tissue (AT) has critical roles in maintaining organismal homeostasis. Paramount among the various roles of AT is the regulation of whole body metabolism. While ...

Endocannabinoids modulate insulin and adipokine expression in adipocytes through cannabinoid receptors and their levels are elevated during hyperglycemia and obesity, but little is known about how ...

But as the body ages, the activity of brown adipose tissue decreases. This inactivation of brown adipose tissue—also typical of obese people—remains poorly studied in the scientific literature.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore the association between the amount of carotid artery perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) quantified by magnetic resonance imaging and prior cerebral infarction.