Obesity is a significant risk factor for various metabolic diseases and, in many cases, causes ectopic fat accumulation (i.e.

Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice developed obesity. A ...

A study in The American Journal of Pathology reveals an unexpected discovery: mice lacking the CD44 protein remain lean even ...

White adipose tissue, once considered merely a fat storage depot, is now recognized as an endocrine organ that plays a ...

Adipose tissue comes in three colors: white, brown and beige. While white fat specializes in storing lipid and expands during obesity, brown fat is thermogenic, turning energy into heat. Beige fat is ...

The adipose tissue, which serves as an endocrine organ, releases various molecules that regulate the repair of other damaged ...

The in vivo localization studies presented here show that CKGGRAKDC targets the white adipose vasculature without a detectable preference for any particular anatomical white fat depot. The uptake ...

The adipose tissue, which serves as an endocrine organ, releases various molecules that regulate the repair of other damaged ...

Recently, another type of cells called brown-in-white (BRITE) or beige cells, in white adipose tissue (WAT) have been found.3 BRITE cells possess a multilocular morphology, enriched mitochondria and ...