Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease

The field of adipose tissue biology has been expanding at a very rapid pace in the last few years. Numerous advances have been made since publication of the first edition of this book, in terms of basic adipocyte biology, understanding of the determinants of obesity, distribution of body fat and wei...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fantuzzi, Giamila. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Braunschweig, Carol. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2014.
Edition:2nd ed. 2014.
Series:Nutrition and Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-770-9
Table of Contents:
  • Adipose Tissue in Evolution
  • Adipose Stem Cells and Adipogenesis
  • Metabolism of White Adipose Tissue
  • Bad Fat or Just More Fat? Murine Models of Metabolically-Healthy Obesity
  • The Aging Adipose Organ: Lipid Redistribution, Inflammation, and Cellular Senescence
  • Adipokines: Leptin and Adiponectin in the Regulation of Inflammatory and Immune Responses
  • Adipose Tissue Inflammation
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Adipose Tissue Function
  • Autophagy in White Adipose Tissue
  • Obesity and Micronutrient Deficiencies
  • Epidemiology of Obesity in Children
  • Genetics of Obesity
  • Epigenetics of Obesity
  • Consequences of Rapid Weight Loss
  • Human Lipodystrophy: An Update on Molecular Genetics and Possible Mechanisms of Fat Loss
  • Adipose Tissue and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Adipokines in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
  • Respiratory Diseases in Obesity
  • Adiposity & Kidney Disease
  • Obesity and Joint Disease
  • Obesity and Colon and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer.