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The study used innovative technology that maps RNA molecules which are the basis for translating the genome into proteins.

In the former group, the hypertrophic obese co-twins had lower adipocyte count, higher liver fat and disturbances in several metabolic parameters compared with their lean co-twins. In contrast ...

Prof. Shan Tizhong's team at Zhejiang University discovered that lard derived from subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), as a ...

For example, in addition to the 'classical' fat (adipocyte) cells, we found subpopulations of adipocytes, characterized here for the first time, that express RNA molecules indicating unique ...

For example, fat cells, also called adipocytes, and immune cells work in concert to communicate with the brain, muscles and liver. This, in turn, helps to regulate appetite, metabolism and body weight ...

If fat cells become metabolically stressed and dysfunctional, they start churning out chunks of mitochondria that serve as warning signals to the heart of potential catastrophe, suggest the authors of ...

Applying heat locally activates beige fat in mice and humans ... by applying that mild heat you might activate thermogenic adipocytes. But in humans the situation is definitely more complicated,” ...

Over the past few decades, research has shown that fat tissue does a lot more than simply store excess energy in the body. For example, fat cells, also called adipocytes, and immune cells work in ...