Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cardiac Patients with Overweight and Obesity by I. V. Logacheva, T. A. Ryazanova, V. R. Makarova, O. V. Surnina

“…Other examinations included the measurement of the intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAT) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness, the calculation of the visceral adiposity index (VAI), the estimation of endothelial dysfunction indicators, as well as the assessment of the structural and functional parameters of the heart and blood vessels.Results. …”
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ADAM19: A Novel Target for Metabolic Syndrome in Humans and Mice by Lakshini Weerasekera, Caroline Rudnicka, Qing-Xiang Sang, Joanne E. Curran, Matthew P. Johnson, Eric K. Moses, Harald H. H. Göring, John Blangero, Jana Hricova, Markus Schlaich, Vance B. Matthews

“…Secondly, we examined the expression of ADAM19 in liver and gonadal white adipose tissue using an in vivo diet induced obesity mouse model. …”
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Sex-specific differences in the efficacy of renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension depending on visceral obesity and kidney function by Irina Zyubanova, Nadezhda Ryumshina, Victor Mordovin, Musheg Manukyan, Valeriya Lichikaki, Ekaterina Solonskaya, Anna Gusakova, Tatjana Suslova, Stanislav Pekarskiy, Simzhit Khunkhinova, Anastasia Popova, Veronika Rudenko, Alla Falkovskaya

“…After RDN, the size of adipose tissue in men remained unchanged, and in women, the PRAT thickness decreased from 2.36 ± 1.23 to 2.10 ± 1.17 cm (p = 0.002). …”
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Pharmacological effects of fibroblast growth factor 21 are sex-specific in mice with the <em>lethal yellow</em> (A^y) mutation by E. N. Makarova, T. V. Yakovleva, N. Yu. Balyibina, K. O. Baranov, E. I. Denisova, A. D. Dubinina, N. A. Feofanova, N. M. Bazhan

“…Food intake (FI), body weight (BW), blood parameters, and gene expression in the liver, muscles, brown adipose tissue, subcutaneous and visceral white adipose tissues, and hypothalamus were measured. …”
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Plasma Leptin Concentrations and Esophageal Hypomotility in Obese Patients by Justin Côté-Daigneault, Pierre Poitras, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Mickael Bouin

“…Leptin, a hormone derived from adipose tissue, may be involved in this phenomenon because it has been shown to decrease gastric and intestinal motility in animals. …”
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Coexisting Angiomyolipoma and Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Kidney of an Elderly Woman: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Barry Billings, Leon C. Hamrick, Anton J. Bueschen, Philip J. Kenney

“…Angiomyolipoma is a well described but relatively uncommon benign renal neoplasm composed of varying admixtures of mature adipose tissue, smooth muscle, and thick-walled blood vessels.[1] The incidence of angiomyolipoma is about 0.3% overall.[2] It frequently occurs in patients with tuberous sclerosis. …”
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Citrus Flavonoid Effects on Obesity by Yu Wang, Laura E. Reuss

“…The use of phytochemicals as a safe and natural alternative to treat obesity is under current investigation as citrus flavonoids haven been shown to monitor energy intake versus expenditure, regulate lipid metabolism and adipose tissue, and inhibit amylase function. …”
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Citrus Flavonoid Effects on Obesity by Yu Wang, Laura E. Reuss

“…The use of phytochemicals as a safe and natural alternative to treat obesity is under current investigation as citrus flavonoids haven been shown to monitor energy intake versus expenditure, regulate lipid metabolism and adipose tissue, and inhibit amylase function. …”
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Adiponectin in Cardiovascular Inflammation and Obesity by Tamar R. Aprahamian, Flora Sam

“…It has been observed that adipokines play an increasingly large role in systemic and local inflammation. Therefore, adipose tissue may have a more important role than previously thought in the pathogenesis of several disease types. …”
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Leptin levels in obese women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus by Mehmet Akif Buyukbese, Ali Cetinkaya, Ramazan Kocabas, Aytekin Guven, Mehmet Tarakcioglu

“…INTRODUCTION: The role of leptin has been more clear in the endocrinology area after the discovery of its secretion from the adipose tissue. The aim of the study is to investigate the leptin levels in obese women in whom type 2 diabetes mellitus were present or absent.…”
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Vitamin A: A Key Inhibitor of Adipocyte Differentiation by Manal A. Malibary

“…Nevertheless, the functional role of RA in early tissue development and stem cell differentiation, including in adipose tissue, remains unclear. This study highlights transcription factors that block adipocyte differentiation and maintain preadipocyte status, focusing on those controlled by RA. …”
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miR-210 in Exosomes Derived from Macrophages under High Glucose Promotes Mouse Diabetic Obesity Pathogenesis by Suppressing NDUFA4 Expression by Feng Tian, Ping Tang, Zhilian Sun, Ruifen Zhang, Danhua Zhu, Junying He, Jixing Liao, Qinghua Wan, Jie Shen

“…A large number of miRNAs were identified in exosomes derived from adipose tissue macrophages associated with T2DM pathogenesis, but its pathogenic roles remain unknown. …”
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Abdominal fat distribution and its relationship to brain changes: the differential effects of age on cerebellar structure and function: a cross-sectional, exploratory study by Yvonne Böttcher, Michael Stumvoll, Kees Straatman, Matthias Raschpichler, Matthias Leopold Schroeter, Katrin Arelin, Haiko Schlögl, Dominik Fritzsch, Meinhard Mende, André Pampel, Arno Villringer, Karsten Mueller

“…Objectives To investigate whether the metabolically important visceral adipose tissue (VAT) relates differently to structural and functional brain changes in comparison with body weight measured as body mass index (BMI). …”
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Body Fat and Weight Gain in Pregnant Women of Adequate Weight by Oscar Cañizares Luna, Nélida Sarasa Muñoz, Calixto Orozco Muñoz

“…However, in pregnant women of adequate weight, pre-gestational nutritional status determined at first consultation, so as those who gain weight during pregnancy, excessive deposits of adipose tissue can be associated in certain body regions and become threats to health present and future of these pregnant women. …”
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Long Noncoding RNAs in Metabolic Syndrome Related Disorders by Magdalena Losko, Jerzy Kotlinowski, Jolanta Jura

“…In this review, we summarize data concerning the significance of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in metabolic syndrome related disorders, focusing on adipose tissue and pancreatic islands.…”
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ER Stress and Lipid Metabolism in Adipocytes by Beth S. Zha, Huiping Zhou

“…Inhibition of ER stress has the potential of decreasing the pathology in adipose tissue that is seen with energy overbalance.…”
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Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding by Yilmaz Bilgic, Hasan Baki Altinsoy, Nezahat Yildirim, Ozkan Alatas, Burhan Hakan Kanat, Abdurrahman Sahin

“…Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar clinical symptoms. …”
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Inflammation in Cachexia by M. Seelaender, A. Laviano, S. Busquets, G. P. Püschel, T. Margaria, M. L. Batista

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Follistatin-Like 1: A Potential Mediator of Inflammation in Obesity by Nengguang Fan, Haiyan Sun, Yufan Wang, Yifei Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhenhua Xia, Liang Peng, Yanqiang Hou, Weiqin Shen, Rui Liu, Jiajing Yin, Yongde Peng

“…Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) is a novel proinflammatory cytokine that is expressed in adipose tissue and secreted by preadipocytes/adipocytes. …”
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Effects of supplementation with vitamin D3 on growth performance, lipid metabolism and cecal microbiota in broiler chickens by Jiawei Li, Ximei Li, Jiamin Tian, Linna Xu, Yan Chen, Susu Jiang, Guohua Zhang, Jianxiong Lu

“…However, mRNA levels of genes involved in DNL and cellular lipid uptake (LPL and FATP1) and LPL activity were decreased in abdominal adipose tissue, and that of genes involved in lipid oxidation and lipolysis (HSL and ATGL) was increased by VD3. …”
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