Recent years have seen the publication of intriguing studies suggesting that adipose tissue also secretes tiny membrane particles ... with an increase in plasma triglyceride levels.

varying in their location (tissue specificity) and in their affinity for glucose. Adipose and skeletal muscle tissues have GLUT4, a type of GLUT which is present in the plasma membrane only when ...

Recent years have seen the publication of intriguing studies suggesting that adipose tissue also secretes tiny membrane ...

Leptin, a hormone synthesized primarily by adipose tissue ... Interestingly, plasma leptin concentrations are consistently associated with adiposity in a negative feed back loop (possibly to regulate ...