Adipose tissue biology. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael E. Symonds, editor.
• Editors: Symonds, Michael E, 1960-
• Contents: Chapter 1: The Evolution of€Mammalian Adipose Tissues; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Comparative Perspectives on€Obesity and€Diabetes; 1.2 Storage Tissues; 1.2.1 Invertebrates; 1.2.2 Vertebrate Adipose Tissues; 1.2.3 Fish, Amphibians and€Reptiles; 1.3 White Adipose Tissue in€Mammals and€Birds; 1.3.1 Anatomical Distribution and€Site-Specific Properties; 1.3.2 Cellular Structure of€Adipose Tissue; 1.3.3 Structural Adipose Tissue; 1.4 Brown and€Beige Adipose Tissue; 1.4.1 Origins of€Thermogenic Mechanisms; 1.5 The Specificity of€Fatty Acids; 1.5.1 Structural Lipids. 1.5.2 Storage Lipids as€Fuels1.5.3 Fatty Acid Sorting; 1.6 Paracrine Interactions with€Adipose Tissue; 1.6.1 The Immune System; 1.6.2 Perinodal Adipose Tissue Around Lymph Nodes; 1.6.3 Permeating Dendritic Cells; 1.6.4 Adipose Tissue in€Normal Immune Function; 1.6.5 Human Perinodal Adipose Tissue; 1.6.6 Paracrine Interactions with€Muscle; 1.6.7 Cardiac Adipose Tissues; 1.6.8 Perivascular Adipose Tissue; 1.7 Adipose Tissues for€Mammalian Habits and€Habitats; 1.7.1 Diet; 1.7.2 Controlled Heterothermy and€Thermogenesis; 1.7.3 Pregnancy and€Lactation. 1.7.4 Primates and€the€Origins of€Human Obesity1.7.5 Rapid Adaptation to€Modern Diets and€Lifestyles; 1.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Adipocyte Progenitors from€Human Pluripotent Stem Cells; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Potential of€Human PSCs to€Generate Adipocytes; 2.3 Adipogenic Capacity of€hPSC-Derived Adipocyte Progenitors; 2.4 Developmental Origins of€Human Brown Adipocyte Progenitors; References; Chapter 3: Adipocyte Differentiation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 In Vitro Experimental Systems to Study Adipocyte Differentiation; 3.2.1 Preadipocyte Cell Lines. 3.2.2 Mature Adipocyte-Derived Dedifferentiated Fat Cells3.2.3 Mesenchymal Stem Cells; 3.2.4 Adipose-Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs); 3.3 Stages of Adipocyte Differentiation; 3.4 Nuclear Regulation of Adipocyte Differentiation; 3.4.1 Transcriptional Regulation of Adipocyte Differentiation; 3.4.2 Transcriptional Cofactors in Adipogenesis; 3.5 Extranuclear Regulation of Adipocyte Differentiation; 3.5.1 Adipogenic Factors; 3.5.2 Antiadipogenic Factors; 3.5.3 Other Players in the Regulation of Adipogenesis; 3.5.3.1 Epigenetic Factors in Adipogenesis; 3.5.3.2 The Role of miRNAs in Adipogenesis. 3.5.3.3 Chronobiology in Adipogenesis3.6 Future Perspectives; References; Chapter 4: Brown Adipose Tissue; 4.1 Biological Significance of€Brown Adipose Tissue; 4.2 Anatomy and€Innervation; 4.3 Molecular Mechanism of€Thermogenesis in€Brown Adipose Tissue; 4.3.1 Mitochondrial Bioenergetics; 4.3.2 UCP1 as€a€Catalyst of€Uncoupled Respiration in€Brown Adipocytes; 4.3.3 Mode of€UCP1 Action; 4.4 Activation of€Brown Adipose Tissue; 4.4.1 The Central POA-DMH-rPAa Axis Controls Acute Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis; 4.4.2 Neuroendocrine Stimulation of€Diet-Induced BAT Thermogenesis.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 571.5/7; Medicine; Adipose tissues; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Adipose tissues; Medical -- Neuroscience; Neurosciences; Human physiology; Neurosciences; Medical -- Physiology; Physiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319520315; 3319520318
• Related ISBNs: 9783319520292; 3319520296
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 07, 2017).
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