Full Description
This book is designed to provide a comprehensive insight into current perspectives and challenges in adipose tissue biology. In Adipose Tissue Biology, scientists and clinicians discuss adipocyte precursors, differentiation and growth, brown and white adipose tissue, gender, inflammation, dietary and genetic determinants of fat mass, together with evolutionary and developmental aspects of adiposity.
Contents
Adipocyte precursors.- Adipocyte differentiation.- Brown adipose tissue.- White Adipose Tissue.- Sex differences in body fat distribution.- Macrophages and inflammation.- Adipocyte Growth and Factors Influencing Adipocyte Life Cycle.- The Evolution of Mammalian Adipose Tissue.- Dietary determinants of fat mass and body composition.- The genetic determinants of common obesity-susceptibility.- Early Origins of Obesity and Developmental Regulation of Adiposity.
