Adipocyte biology and adipocytokines.
Adipose tissue actively participates in regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, fuel metabolism, and a variety of other physiologic processes through its endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine secretory products (Table 4). Abnormal synthesis of these secretory products may be related to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and its complications in patients who have adipose tissue disorders, such as obesity and lipodvstrophies.
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Wasim A
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Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Abhimanyu
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D017667:Adipocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000502:physiology*
D016207:Cytokines; D036361:Peptide Hormones