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This book ties together the recent findings on the molecular mechanisms of adipocyte development and gene expression with the most important histological, physiological, and metabolic characteristics of the different adipose tissues. It discusses obesity as a special metabolic state.
Sommario
1. Overview: Biological Significance of Fat and Adipose Tissues 2. Morphology of the Adipose Organ 3. Development of White Adipose Tissue and Adipocyte Differentiation 4. Brown Adipose Tissue: Thermogenic Function and Its Physiological Regulation 5. Brown Adipocyte Differentiation and Function in Energy Metabolism 6. Central Nervous System Innervation of Brown Adipose Tissue 7. Central Nervous System Innervation of White Adipose Tissue 8. Heterogeneity of Adipose Tissue Metabolism 9. White Adipose Tissue as a Secretory and Endocrine Organ: Leptin and Other Secreted Proteins 10. Adipose Tissue Pathology in Human Obesity
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Suzanne Klaus
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This book ties together the recent findings on the molecular mechanisms of adipocyte development and gene expression with the most important histological, physiological, and metabolic characteristics of the different adipose tissues. It discusses obesity as a special metabolic state.
