Novel Insights into Adipose Cell Functions
Obesity is considered as top at risk condition in the world and it is mandatory to identify the physiopathological causes involved in adipose tissue enlargement and related metabolic and cardiovascular health disorders. Environmental, behavioural, genetic, epigenetic and multiple biological factors...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Series: | Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Pathological Alteration of Human Adipose Tissue in Obesity
- Dynamics of Human Adipose Tissue. Regulatory Mechanisms and Consequences for Fat Cells and the Whole Body
- Metabolism of Fatty Acids in Adipocytes
- The Role of Hypoxia in Adipocyte Function and Dysfunction
- Brown Adipose Tissue In Humans: A New Target for Anti-Obesity Therapy
- Adipose Tissue Dysfunction: A Multistep Process
- Fat Cell Progenitors: Origins and Plasticity
- Transcriptional Regulation of Brown and White Adipogenesis
- Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression in Different Adipose Tissue Depots
- Epigenetic Approaches to Adipose Biology
- Metabolic and Angiogenic Consequences of the Presence or Absence of UCP1
- Metabolic Responses to Weight Perturbation
- Understanding Causal Relationships in the Metabolic Syndrome: Recent Insights from Extreme Human Phenotypes