adipose
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Unlike white adipose tissue, which primarily stores fat and tends to accumulate in obesity, brown fat specializes in using energy and 'burning' calories from food.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
"This activation is associated with an increased capacity to burn metabolic energy and with the production of batokines by brown adipose tissue, molecules that are beneficial for metabolism," says Marion Peyrou.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
They found that C3 was being produced by age-associated macrophages, essential white blood cells located within adipose tissue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
"This suggests that calorie restriction has a beneficial effect that is unique to adipose tissues and is likely independent of weight loss," Kim says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
It was rather like the adipose fin of a fish, but gaudy.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
