Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, posing a significant burden on people’s health and on healthcare systems. It is a major risk factor for ...

Adipose progenitor cells are mostly dormant in young mice, however, they become active in middle age, leading to the rapid proliferation of new fat cells.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) densities assessed as CT Hounsfield units (HUs) were evaluated in a rodent model and in patients to determine whether HUs changed in relation to BAT activity. Methods: ...

Speckle patterns in ultrasound images may move in a way which bears no simple relationship to the motion of the corresponding tissues. In some instances the speckle motion replicates the underlying ...

In the lean, healthy state, adipose tissue (AT) has critical roles in maintaining organismal homeostasis. Paramount among the various roles of AT is the regulation of whole body metabolism. While ...

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Disruption of circadian rhythms is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, yet the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely elucidated. BMAL1, a core component of the circadian clock, ...

Figure 1. Pathways linking local obesity-induced inflammation to systemic insulin resistance. Obesity results in the activation of the inflammatory signaling pathways mediated by JNK and nuclear ...

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Endocannabinoids modulate insulin and adipokine expression in adipocytes through cannabinoid receptors and their levels are elevated during hyperglycemia and obesity, but little is known about how ...