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Prostate Cancer > Adipose
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Adipose Defined
Tissue made of fat cells
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Thu Apr 23
- Meet Brown Fat: Reading: What Color is Your Fat? http://is.gd/u 4QH [from http://twitter .com/suPEARLat ive5/statuses/ 1593862241]
Mon Apr 13
- Cell Metabolism - CXC ligand 5 is an adipose-tissue derived factor that links obesity to insulin resistance: The CXCR2 receptor is active outside of muscle, in cells that line blood vessel walls and in the lung and intestine, for example. Therefore, increased CXCL5 circulating levels as observed in obesity could lead to other problems, including atherosclerosi s and other inflammatory diseases.
Fri Apr 10
Thu Apr 9
- Fat could help You Lose Weight, Someday | NPR (4 min): "We all know there's good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. It turns out there's good and bad fat, too. The good fat is medically known as "brown adipose tissue." It's good because it burns calories. The more familiar fat ? known as white fat, although it's actually yellowish ? stores up calories and stubbornly accumulates around waistlines, thighs and bottoms."
Tue Mar 10
- Osteoarthritis worsens with excess weight: "Adipose tissue is now considered an endocrine organ, releasing a multitude of factors, including cytokines which have been implicated in cartilage destruction&qu ot;.
Sun Mar 8
- Waist size linked to decreased lung function: Fat people can't breath.
Sat Feb 28
- Science and Reason: Adiponectin: As we noted in this article back in July, there are several hormones and neurotransmitt ers that have noteworthy effects on appetite and eating behavior, and as a result are of much interest with respect to weight gain (or loss) and obesity. The two mentioned in that article were NPY and PYY. The protein leptin is another hormone of this sort. It is often discussed in connection with obesity, because it is believed to increase metabolism and decrease appetite (as a signal of satiety). Another hormone, ghrelin, is produced in the stomach as a signal of hunger, and so it increases appetite.
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