adipose tissue update (2 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Adipose Tissue | An Update | Leszek Szablewski (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2019 | IntechOpen | EAN 9781838801212 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Adipose tissue, a kind of connective tissue, plays different and significant roles in the human body. Its function includes protection against environmental factors, storage of lipids and triacylglycerol, and the process of thermogenesis. It is also involved in the secretion of highly active biomolecules such as steroid hormones, prostaglandins, as well as proteins called ¿adipokines.¿ On the other hand, disturbances in functions of adipose tissue may cause several pathologies such as obesity and insulin resistance. Obesity is a worldwide health problem, whereas diabetes mellitus due to insulin resistance is defined by the World Health Organization as ¿a progressive worldwide epidemic.¿ Especially dangerous is visceral accumulation of adipose tissue.This book describes a series of up-to-date topics about physiological and pathological processes in adipose tissue.