List of articles on fat cells
Iwate Medical University discovers a new anti-obesity drug candidate and elucidates its mechanism of action
The research group in the Department of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University is conducting research on uncoupling proteins involved in heat production in brown fat cells […]
Mechanism that controls fat-burning "beige" of adipose tissue Clarified by Tohoku University
When warm-blooded animals, including humans, are exposed to a cold environment for a long time, they consume fat from "white adipocytes" that store energy as fat […]
Osaka University discovers that hepatic steatosis progresses by the same mechanism during "fasting" and "aging"
A group at Osaka University said that fasting activates autophagy (degradation mechanism of unwanted structures in cells) in adipose tissue, resulting in […] in the liver.
The stress adaptation response of fat cells reduces the appetite for a high-fat diet and improves obesity.
Researchers at the University of Tokushima and RIKEN have found that activation of integrated stress response pathways in adipocytes suppresses a high-fat diet, resulting in obesity […].