Adipose Tissue Biology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Symonds, Michael E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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. .