- ►endojournals.org ME Trujillo, PE Scherer - Endocrine reviews, 2006 - Endocrine Soc The endocrine functions of the adipose organ are widely studied at this stage. The adipose
organ, and in particular adipocytes, communicate with almost all other organs. Although some
adipose tissue pads assume the functions as distinct "miniorgans," adipocytes can also ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
M Poggi, D Bastelica, P Gual, MA Iglesias, T Gremeaux … - Diabetologia, 2007 - Springer Page 1. ARTICLE C3H/HeJ mice carrying a toll-like receptor 4 mutation are protected
against the development of insulin resistance in white adipose tissue in response to
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- ►cardiovascres.org S Thalmann, CA Meier - Cardiovascular Research, 2007 - cardiovascres.org White adipose tissue (WAT) is a highly active organ secreting various peptides such as
cytokines, chemokines and hormone-like proteins. Besides the visceral and subcutaneous
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S Perrier, F Darakhshan, E Hajduch - FEBS letters, 2006 - Elsevier Many pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and IL-6 are secreted
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S Rafiq, K Stevens, AJ Hurst, A Murray, W Henley, … - Genes and immunity, 2007 - nature.com Interleukin-1-receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) modulates the biological activity of the proinflammatory
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D Gomez-Merino, C Drogou, CY Guezennec, M … - Cytokine, 2007 - Elsevier White adipose tissue (WAT) is a major source of production of cytokines involved in chronic diseases
such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Long-term exercise has been proposed
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Y Kamari, R Werman-Venkert, A Shaish, A Werman, A … - Atherosclerosis, 2007 - Elsevier We first studied the effect of atherogenic diet on wild-type C57BL/6 IL-1α or IL-1β deficient
mice. IL-1α KO resulted in a comparatively higher total cholesterol levels, compared to WT and
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E Pinteaux, W Inoue, L Schmidt, F Molina-Holgado … - J …, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com Leptin regulates energy balance by suppressing appetite and increasing energy expenditure
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