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Novel Insights into Adipose Cell Functions

Karine Clément, Bruce M. Spiegelman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 147 Seiten

2010 | 2010
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
9783642135163 (ISBN)

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Obesity is a disease of society and economic transition spreading at an epidemic pace throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, obesity is defined as an increased or abnormal accumulation of body fat mass to the extent that individual's health will be negatively affected. Overweight is thus being considered as top at risk condition in the world and it is mandatory to identify the physiopathological causes involved in adipose tissue enlargement and related metabolic and cardiovascular health disorders.This volume provides the most up to date insights into the biology of a complex endocrine organ: the adipose tissue.

Pathological Alteration of Human Adipose Tissue in Obesity.- Dynamics of Human Adipose Tissue. Regulatory Mechanisms and Consequences for Fat Cells and the Whole Body.- Metabolism of Fatty Acids in Adipocytes.- The Role of Hypoxia in Adipocyte Function and Dysfunction.- Brown Adipose Tissue In Humans: A New Target for Anti-Obesity Therapy.- Adipose Tissue Dysfunction: A Multistep Process.- Fat Cell Progenitors: Origins and Plasticity.- Transcriptional Regulation of Brown and White Adipogenesis.- Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression in Different Adipose Tissue Depots.- Epigenetic Approaches to Adipose Biology.- Metabolic and Angiogenic Consequences of the Presence or Absence of UCP1.- Metabolic Responses to Weight Perturbation.- Understanding Causal Relationships in the Metabolic Syndrome: Recent Insights from Extreme Human Phenotypes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.8.2010
Reihe/Serie	Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
Zusatzinfo	XI, 147 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
Schlagworte	adipose tissue dysfunction • anti-obesity therapy • brown adipose tissue • Dynamics • Leptin • Regulation • tissue • white adipose issue
ISBN-13	9783642135163 / 9783642135163
Zustand	Neuware