Adipose Tissue Biology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Symonds, Michael E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.

The past decade has seen an exponential increase in our knowledge and understanding of adipose tissue biology. This has coincided with the continued rise in obesity across all generations. Clearly despite substantial advances in research into adipose tissue this still has had limited impact on the o...

Table of Contents:

• The evolution of mammalian adipose tissue
• Adipocyte precursors: Developmental origins, self-renewal and plasticity
• Adipocyte differentiation
• Brown adipose tissue
• White adipose tissue
• Browning of white adipose tissue in humans: functional/clinical relevance
• Macrophages and inflammation
• Gender differences in adiposity
• Brown adipose tissue as a therapeutic target
• Dietary determinants of fat mass and body composition
• Genetic determinants of excess adiposity
• Early origins of obesity and developmental regulation of adiposity. .