In medically indicated weight loss, attention is typically focused on the associated health benefits. However, recent ...

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, ...

Fat stem cells — also known as adipose-derived stem cells — can be coerced to grow into bone, cartilage, muscle tissue or, of course, more fat. Science News headlines, in your inbox ...

Early B Cell Factor 1 Regulates Adipocyte Morphology and Lipolysis in White Adipose Tissue. Cell Metabolism , 2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.032 Cite This Page : ...

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. ...

Inflammatory factors released by adipose tissue in COVID-19 patients may be the cause of damage to the heart, lungs, and nervous system described in such patients, she added.

Adipose tissue glucose transport and GLUT4 levels regulate systemic insulin sensitivity and whole-body energy balance, which have implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity and diab ...

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.