Diabetes, a silent killer, is one of the most widely prevalent conditions of the present time.
According to the 2017 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) statistics, the global …

Excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue accumulation, often termed visceral obesity, is part of
a phenotype including dysfunctional subcutaneous adipose tissue expansion and ectopic …

Improved knowledge of all aspects of adipose biology will be required to counter the
burgeoning epidemic of obesity. Interest in adipogenesis has increased markedly over the …

A detailed understanding of the processes governing adipose tissue formation will be
instrumental in combating the obesity epidemic. Much progress has been made in the last …

During the last decades, research on adipose tissues has spread in parallel with the
extension of obesity. Several observations converged on the idea that adipose tissues are …

In an era marked by the increasing prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular
disease, the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) has …

The obesity epidemic has focused attention on adipose tissue and the development of fat
cells (ie adipocytes), which is known as adipogenesis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated …

This paper presents the 12th update of the human obesity gene map, which incorporates
published results up to the end of October 2005. Evidence from single‐gene mutation …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the cellular organelle responsible for protein folding and
assembly, lipid and sterol biosynthesis, and calcium storage. The unfolded protein response …

Background—Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) surrounds most vessels and shares
common features with brown adipose tissue (BAT). Although adaptive thermogenesis in BAT …