Body fat is not just something to get rid of. It plays important roles in the human body, from regulating metabolism to ...

Explore the revolutionary MRI technique that allows researchers to study the complex role of epicardial adipose tissue in ...

Most people know that the simplest way to lose weight is through a combination of diet and exercise. But advice on which type ...

Everyone knows the health risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but UVA Health scientists are developing ...

This month's cover highlights the article A novel bacterial effector protein mediates ER-LD membrane contacts to regulate host lipid droplets by Stacey D. Gilk, Rajendra Angara and Arif Sadi. The ...

Most people are aware of the risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but there’s another kind of fat—hidden ...

New research reveals significant differences in gene expression related to metabolism, inflammation and cardioprotection in ...

The evidence of adipose tissue-cancer has been reported in various cancer type including breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer. Given the rising prevalence of both obesity and cancer worldwide, the ...

Disturbed white adipose tissue function is important for cardiometabolic risk and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Whether this involves adipose lipid turnover (lipolysis and synthesis of triglycerides) is ...

Strategy to investigate the role of ADGRA3 in WAT beiging: Having identified ADGRA3 as their candidate receptor, the authors investigated the receptor in mouse models, the murine inguinal adipocyte ...

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) accumulation is thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) with mid‐range ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction, but its ...