A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat ...

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PREOPERATIVE chest CT markers of myosteatosis, specifically reduced skeletal muscle density (SMD) and increased intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), are associated with worse overall survival (OS) in ...

Researchers investigate the underlying mechanisms of endothelial insulin resistance involved in obesity-associated diabetes.

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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 ...

COVID-19 accelerates the progression of atherosclerotic plaques, increasing coronary inflammation and the risk of high-risk ...

A new study found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was associated with the rapid growth ...

2021), where a common name, “PVAT,” follows a lowercase letter, indicating where it is localized. For example, pericoronary adipose tissue is termed as “cPVAT,” thoracic periaortic adipose tissue is ...

Adipose tissue inflammation has been implicated in various chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer. Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) surrounds the aorta as an extra layer and was suggested to ...