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brown adipose tissue
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brown adipose tissue (brown fat) Metabolically highly active adipose tissue, which is involved in heat production to maintain body temperature, as opposed to white
adipose tissue, which is storage fat and has a low rate of metabolic activity.
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The composition of the major molecular species of adipose tissue triacylglycerols of rats reflects those of dietary rapeseed, olive and sunflower oils
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...corresponding adipose tissues. Thus, despite numerous...molecular species of adipose tissue triacylglycerols containing...triacylglycerols of adipose tissues compared with saturated...Moreover, the actions of adipose tissue lipases on a triacylglycerol...
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Bone marrow--derived circulating progenitor cells fail to transdifferentiate into adipocytes in adult adipose tissues in mice.(Research article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...excess adipose tissue is defined as obesity...2). Growth of adipose tissues mainly results...depending on the local tissue microenvironment...adipocytes in adult adipose tissues has not been well...healing dermal tissue. To clearly visualize...the multicellular ...
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Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue.
Newspaper article from: Diabetes Week; 2/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...responsible for almost all adipose tissue TNF-alpha expression and...IL-6 expression. Adipose tissue macrophage numbers increase...that are activated in adipose tissues of obese individuals." Weisberg...macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue. J Clin Invest, ...
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Variations in parametrial white adipose tissue mass during the mouse estrous cycle: relationship with the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-[gamma] and retinoic acid receptor-[alpha].
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...absolutely required for adipose tissue development. The...Parametrial white adipose tissues (WAT), inter...gamma] in adipose tissue. The mass of parametrial...the mass of brown adipose tissues during estrous cycle...
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Supplementation effects of [C.sub.18:2] or [C.sub.18:3] rich-oils on formations of CLA and TVA, and lipogenesis in adipose tissues of sheep *.(Conjugated Linoleic Acid)(Report)
Magazine article from: Asian - Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...10 cis-12 types of CLA in subcutaneous adipose tissue of sheep compared to the control diet...for intermuscular- and subcutaneous adipose tissues than that for intramuscular adipose tissue, while that with glucose did not differ...
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Rates of lipid metabolism in adipose tissue of pigs adapt to lactational state and dietary energy restriction
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...INDEXING KEY WORDS: lactation adipose lipogenesis lipolysis pigs Rates of Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue of Pigs Adapt to Lactational State...to store and utilize energy in the adipose tissues is a major characteristic of pregnancy...
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Brown Adipose Tissue: A Really Cool Idea.
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine Alert; 5/29/2009; 700+ words
; Brown Adipose Tissue: A Really Cool Idea Abstract &...Three subjects had high levels of brown adipose-tissue activity, and agreed to undergo an...conditions to investigate whether brown adipose tissue was activated only after cold...
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Somatotropin regulates adipose tissue metabolism in neonatal swine
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Somatotropin Regulates Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Neonatal Swine1...to inhibit lipid deposition in adipose tissue has already developed by birth...lipid deposition in neonatal pig adipose tissue through affecting lipid synthesis...
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Osteopontin mediates obesity-induced adipose tissue macrophage infiltration and insulin resistance in mice.(Research Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue, which may contribute to the...activation (16) of macrophages in adipose tissue combined with recent studies characterizing...investigated the expression of OPN in adipose tissue and examined the role of...
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Differential screening identifies transcripts with depot-dependent expression in white adipose tissues.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Genomics; 8/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and qPCR analyses of murine tissues, including in distinct adipose depots, 8-wk old C57Bl...heterozygotes. Fractionation of whole adipose tissue into adipocyte fraction...transcript expression in murine adipose depots, the SC, retroperitoneal...
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adipose tissue
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
adipose tissue Body fat–the cells that synthesize...metabolism in fasting . Also known as white adipose tissue, to distinguish it from the metabolically more active brown adipose tissue , which is involved in heat production...
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brown adipose tissue
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
brown adipose tissue ( brown fat ) Metabolically highly active adipose tissue, which is involved in heat production to maintain body temperature, as opposed to white adipose tissue , which is storage fat and has a low rate of metabolic activity.
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adipose fin
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
adipose fin In some fish (e.g. members of the salmon, catfish, and a few other families), a type of second dorsal fin in the form of a small flap of fatty tissue covered with skin and lacking supporting rays.
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adipose
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...xB7;i·pose / ˈadəˌpōs / • adj. technical (esp. of body tissue) used for the storage of fat. DERIVATIVES: ad·i·pos·i·ty / ˌadə...
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Connective Tissue
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...connective tissue (also known as areolar connective tissue) is widely distributed throughout the body...and nerves. Two other fibrous connective tissues are adipose and reticular tissue. Adipose tissue is composed of specialized fat cells...
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