Adipocyte/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Adipose tissue [r]: Connective tissue composed of adipocytes, commonly known as "fat. ^[e]
• Fat [r]: Adipose tissue; the body's main store of energy. ^[e]
• Hunger [r]: Localized subjective sensation, caused by emptiness and a resulting hypermotility of the stomach. ^[e]
• Obesity [r]: Excessive stores of body fat. ^[e]
• Diabetes mellitus [r]: Relative or absolute lack of insulin leading to uncontrolled carbohydrate metabolism. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Leptin [r]: Hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates appetite. ^[e]
• Visfatin [r]: Adipokine secreted by visceral fat with effects similar to those of insulin. ^[e]
• Adipokines [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Resistin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Adipsin [r]: Add brief definition or description

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

• Leptin [r]: Hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates appetite. ^[e]
• Fetal programming [r]: Refers to adaptations made by a fetus in response to adverse or beneficial intrauterine environments, adaptations targeting the fetus’s survival, adaptations that affect fetal structure and function during the highly plastic period of embryonic/fetal development, adaptations that persist after birth and that influence the structural, metabolic and physiological characteristics of the individual throughout life, which system characteristics can predispose the individual in later life to maladaptations in response to environmental conditions differing from those to which the fetus had adapted. ^[e]
• Fish oil [r]: Oils high in unsaturated fats extracted from the bodies of fish or fish parts, especially the livers. ^[e]