Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Research from the University of Delaware uncovered key differences in gene expression linked to inflammation, metabolism and cardioprotection. These findings could help inform the development of ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

Ibra Fancher, assistant professor of kinesiology and applied physiology at the University of Delaware, works with adipose tissue samples in his lab at the Ammon Pinizzotto Biopharmaceutical Innovation ...

Scientists are tackling society's growing obesity problem from all kinds of angles – and new research picks out a particular ...

For example, in one study, Emilsson et al. (2008) analyzed 1,675 adipose tissue and blood samples from Icelandic individuals of Caucasian descent. These individuals ranged in age from 18 to 85 ...

SC and OM adipose tissue samples were collected during the surgery at the site of incision (lower abdomen) and the distal portion of the greater omentum, respectively. Samples were immediately ...

The researchers used a human-derived adipocyte cell line as well as adipose tissue samples collected from bariatric surgery patients at Kuopio University Hospital and Cattinara Hospital in Trieste.

we show how MCJ expression decreases during obesity, as evident in human and mouse adipose tissue samples,” they wrote. “In parallel, mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) also displayed decreased ...