Targeting a proapoptotic peptide to prohibitin in the adipose vasculature caused ablation of white fat. Resorption of established white adipose tissue and normalization of metabolism resulted in ...
White adipose tissue, once considered merely a fat storage depot, is now recognized as an endocrine organ that plays a central role in metabolism. Obesity-driven white adipose tissue dysfunction ...
“When things affect fat, it affects our entire body.” Body fat, or adipose tissue, is a complex organ. It contains fat cells, nerves, immune cells, and connective tissue. Its main job is to ...
organs and other non-fat tissues such as bone) plus adipose (fat) tissue; or alternatively, as the sum of extractable fat (i.e., the pure fat component of adipose and other tissues) plus fat-free mass ...