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Adipose tissue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adipocyte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adipocytes , also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat. There are two types of adipose tissue, white adipose tis...
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... Diabetes & Endocrinology...
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Few substances are more reviled in our society than adipose tissue – body fat, in everyday English. Although excess body fat increases the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, and premature death, what is often left out of most information is that we cannot live on lean tissue alone.
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Everyone is familiar with white adipose or fat tissue, which provides insulation and, by storing triglyceride, serves as an energy depot. Many mammals also have brown adipose tissue, which also stores triglyceride, but has the unique ability to generate heat.
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Lack of the enzyme, acetyl CoA carboxylase 2 or ACC2, appears to turn the adipose or fat cells of mice into fat burners, explaining in part why the animals can eat more and weigh less than their ... "We found that the adipose in the mutant mice are now oxidizing fat, hydrolyzing (breaking down using water) fat, and passing it...
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How Surplus Energy Is Converted To Body Fat ... Thus for example, people could overeat during the hunting season, or when food was plentiful, and the surplus would be stored as fat tissue (adipose tissue). And when food was short, the body would burn the deposite fat as energy.
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