“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...