adipose
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The researchers found that as mice age and neurons in the hypothalamus become less active, sympathetic nerves pull back from white adipose tissue.
From Science Magazine
The team looked at white adipose tissue, by far the most prevalent form of fat in the body.
From Science Daily
This inflammation causes immune cells, called macrophages, to accumulate in adipose tissue, where they can comprise up to 40 percent of the total number of cells in the tissue.
From Science Daily
Researchers from University of Tsukuba elucidated the molecular mechanism by which macrophages, a type of immune cells, control heat production in brown adipose tissue to increase the body temperature in response to cold.
From Science Daily
After weight loss, people with overweight and obesity express more of the protein Kallistatin* in subcutaneous white adipose tissue.
From Science Daily
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