Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease

Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2011 | 2007
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61737-741-9 (ISBN)

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The aim of Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease is to provide comprehensive information regarding adipose tissue, its physiological functions and its role in disease. This volume contains a collection of information spanning the entire range of adipose tissue studies, from basic anatomical and physiological research to epidemiology and clinical aspects, in one place. This book is indispensable for basic researchers and clinicians interested in the fields of obesity, metabolic diseases, inflammation and immunity, and specialists in each of the pathologies associated with obesity.

Adipose Tissue: Structure and Function.- The Adipose Organ.- Metabolism of White Adipose Tissue.- Leptin.- Adiponectin.- Adipokines as Regulators of Immunity and Inflammation.- Vasoactive Factors and Inflammatory Mediators Produced in Adipose Tissue.- Regulation of the Immune Response by Leptin.- Leptin in Autoimmune Diseases.- Leptin and Gastrointestinal Inflammation.- Adiponectin and Inflammation.- Interactions Between Adipocytes and Immune Cells.- Macrophages, Adipocytes, and Obesity.- Interactions of Adipose and Lymphoid Tissues.- Adipose Tissue and Mast Cells.- Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue.- Weight Gain and Weight Loss.- The Epidemiology of Obesity.- Environmental Aspects of Obesity.- Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Obesity.- Genetics of Obesity.- Inherited and Acquired Lipodystrophies.- Mechanisms of Cachexia.- Effect of Weight Loss on Disease.- Adipose Tissue and Disease.- Adipose Tissue and Insulin Resistance.- Adipokines in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Adiposity and Cancer.- Obesity and the Heart.- Obesity and Asthma.- Adiposity and Kidney Disease.- Obesity and Joint Disease.

Reihe/Serie	Nutrition and Health
Vorwort	A.P. Goldberg, S.K. Fried
Zusatzinfo	50 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 400 p. 50 illus.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-61737-741-4 / 1617377414
ISBN-13	978-1-61737-741-9 / 9781617377419
Zustand	Neuware