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Physiology and Physiopathology of Adipose Tissue, 2013
Coordinators: Bastard Jean-Philippe, Fève Bruno
Language: EnglishSubjects for Physiology and Physiopathology of Adipose Tissue:
Keywords
Adipocytes; Adipokines; Adipose tissue; adipogenesis; inflammation; metabolic disease
Publication date: 12-2014
440 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2012
440 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
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Foreword.- Part I: Adipose tissue development.- 1. Development of adipose cells.- 2. Emerging roles of cell cycle regulators in adipocyte metabolism.- 3. Angiogenesis in adipose tissue.- 4. Prospects for using adipose tissue in regenerative medicine.- 5. Brown adipose tissue: function and development.- 6. Histology of adipose tissue.- Part II: Adipose tissue metabolic functions.- 7. Glucose transport in white adipocyte.- 8. Mechanism of storage and synthesis of fatty acids and triglycerides in white adipocytes.- 9. Adipocyte lipid droplet physiology.- 10. Adipose tissue lipolysis.- 11. The adipose tissue: storage, source and target of pollutants.- Part III: Endocrine functions of adipocyte.- 12. Chatting between the brain and white adipose tissues.- 13. Adiponectin: an adipokine with multiple faces.- 14. Apelin metabolic functions.- 15. Up-to-date on novel “adipocrines”.- Part IV: Pathology of adipose tissue.- 16. Obesity: an evolving process.- 17. Obesity phenotypes : Measures to assess adipose tissue mass in humans.- 18. Animal models of obesity.- 19. Contribution of “omics” approaches to understand the pathophysiology of obesity.- 20. Adipose tissue inflammation in obesity.- 21. Impact of proinflammatory cytokines on adipocyte insulin signaling.- 22. Adaptive changes in human adipose tissue during weight gain.- 23. Differences between subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissues.- 24. Genetics of human obesities.- 25. Genetic and acquired lipodystrophic syndromes.- 26. Is adipose tissue a relevant therapeutic target of obesity?.
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