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- noun cytology a type of
cell , present inadipose tissue , wherefat is stored as a source ofenergy
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Examples
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Activation of PPARγ induces the expression of lipogenic genes, such as adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (aP2), and of lipolytic genes, such as hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) [3].
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In cell culture studies, curcumin supressed preadipocyte differentiation, promoted adipocyte apoptosis (programmed cell death) and inhibited growth of adipokine-stimulated angiogenesis.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Eat Curry For Weight Loss?
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Another great post - I particularly like the discussion of the potential health benefit of adipocyte hyperplasia.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity Goes Viral?
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Resveratrol regulates human adipocyte number and function in a Sirt1-dependent manner.
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These impairments correlated with critical clinical measures of obesity including liver fat accumulation, reduced whole-body insulin sensitivity, hyperinsulinemia, hypoadiponectinemia and adipocyte hypertrophy.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity: It’s all in Your Cells?
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Obesity has often been described as a state of “leptin resistance” - i.e. despite having elevated circulating levels of leptin, an adipocyte-derived “appetite inhibitor”, obese patients continue to consume calories in excess of their metabolic needs.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Role of Hypothalamic Inflammation in Obesity?
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On another note, Metabolic Syndrome, abdominal obese patients have insulin resistance, but is it at the whole body level liver, muscle, and adipocyte, or only at the muscle and liver?
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There is no natural mechanism for killing excessive fat cells, because having massive pockets of insulin-stimulated adipocyte hyperplasia is not a natural condition.
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In the study, Slimaluma reduced pre-adipocyte cell division by up to 35%.
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In a laboratory study, the key component in DEX-C20 reduced pre-adipocyte cell division by up to 35%. 3
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