Why does obesity cause diabetes?

S Klein, A Gastaldelli, H Yki-Järvinen, PE Scherer - Cell metabolism, 2022‏ - cell.com
The accumulation of an excessive amount of body fat can cause type 2 diabetes, and the
risk of type 2 diabetes increases linearly with an increase in body mass index. Accordingly …

The cellular and functional complexity of thermogenic fat

P Cohen, S Kajimura - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Brown and beige adipocytes are mitochondria-enriched cells capable of dissipating energy
in the form of heat. These thermogenic fat cells were originally considered to function solely …

Adipogenesis and metabolic health

AL Ghaben, PE Scherer - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019‏ - nature.com
Obesity is characterized by increased adipose tissue mass and has been associated with a
strong predisposition towards metabolic diseases and cancer. Thus, it constitutes a public …

The evolving functions of the vasculature in regulating adipose tissue biology in health and obesity

I AlZaim, LPMH de Rooij, BN Sheikh… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ and a crucial regulator of energy storage and systemic
metabolic homeostasis. Additionally, adipose tissue is a pivotal regulator of cardiovascular …

Adipose tissue fibrosis in obesity: etiology and challenges

G Marcelin, EL Gautier, K Clément - Annual review of physiology, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Obesity is a chronic and progressive process affecting whole-body energy balance and is
associated with comorbidity development. In addition to increased fat mass, obesity induces …

Impaired adipogenesis and dysfunctional adipose tissue in human hypertrophic obesity

A Hammarstedt, S Gogg, S Hedjazifar… - Physiological …, 2018‏ - journals.physiology.org
The subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is the largest and best storage site for excess lipids.
However, it has a limited ability to expand by recruiting and/or differentiating available …

Angiogenesis in adipose tissue and obesity

S Corvera, J Solivan-Rivera, Z Yang Loureiro - Angiogenesis, 2022‏ - Springer
While most tissues exhibit their greatest growth during development, adipose tissue is
capable of additional massive expansion in adults. Adipose tissue expandability is …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond adiponectin and leptin: adipose tissue-derived mediators of inter-organ communication

JB Funcke, PE Scherer - Journal of lipid research, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The breakthrough discoveries of leptin and adiponectin more than two decades ago led to a
widespread recognition of adipose tissue as an endocrine organ. Many more adipose tissue …

Targeting adipose tissue in the treatment of obesity-associated diabetes

CM Kusminski, PE Bickel, PE Scherer - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016‏ - nature.com
Adipose tissue regulates numerous physiological processes, and its dysfunction in obese
humans is associated with disrupted metabolic homeostasis, insulin resistance and type 2 …

An integrated view of immunometabolism

YS Lee, J Wollam, JM Olefsky - Cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
The worldwide obesity epidemic has emerged as a major cause of insulin resistance and
Type 2 diabetes. Chronic tissue inflammation is a well-recognized feature of obesity, and the …