Adipose Tissue Biology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Symonds, Michael E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.

In conjunction with the obesity “epidemic” in the developed world there has been an exponential increase in academic and medical interest in adipose tissue. Consequently, the intricacies and new insights into adiposity have provided some of the most exciting recent advances in science. At the same t...

Table of Contents:

• Adipocyte precursors
• Adipocyte differentiation
• Brown adipose tissue
• White Adipose Tissue
• Sex differences in body fat distribution
• Macrophages and inflammation
• Adipocyte Growth and Factors Influencing Adipocyte Life Cycle
• The Evolution of Mammalian Adipose Tissue
• Dietary determinants of fat mass and body composition
• The genetic determinants of common obesity-susceptibility
• Early Origins of Obesity and Developmental Regulation of Adiposity.