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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"fat storage"”.
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Head above water weighing: A valid method to measure body fat storage?
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Fat storage in athletes : the metabolic and hormonal responses to swimming and running exercise
… to store significantly greater amounts of body fat than competitive runners. In an attempt to explain these discrepancies, male collegiate swimmers (n=8) and runners (n=8) were monitored during 45 min of swimming and running, respectively (75% V02 max), and during two hours of recovery. In …
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Dietary Plant Lectins May be an ‘Unknown Etiology’ in Parkinson’s Disease and Dietary Bioactive Compounds Affect Lifespan and Fat Storage Aspects of Caenorhabditis Elegans
… PJ increases lifespan in C. elegans and reduces fat storage. Study 1: Post-feeding rhodamine or TRITC tagged dietary lectins was tracked from gut to dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons in C. elegans BZ555 (egIs1[Pdat-1::GFP]) that has Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) gene fused to a dopamine transport …
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THE EFFECTS OF OBESITY ON PLASMA LEVELS OF OMENTIN, A DEPOT-SPECIFIC ADIPOCYTOKINE
… that adipose tissue functions not only as a fat storage depot but also as an endocrine organ. Omentin is a protein expressed and secreted in adipose tissue that increases insulin-stimulated glucose transport. To further elucidate omentin's physiological function, its levels were measured by …
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Food Habits and Energy Utilization of Badgers
… reached maturity. Digestibility of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and fibers varied between badgers and among diets. Fats were highly digestible. When total digestible calories were used as a measure of digestibility, there was little difference in capacity between badgers to digest the mink …
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SIK-mediated regulation of feeding behavior and fat metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans
The relationship between fat accumulation and metabolic disorders, such as obesity, is well documented. However, the precise control that the nervous system retains on fat regulation in peripheral tissues is undefined. Oil Red-O, a lipophilic dye used to quantify fat stores, has shown that mutation …
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Femtosecond CARS Microscopy to characterize lipid droplets in Engineered Adipose Tissue
… whose purpose was once thought to be limited to fat storage but is now understood to be a key factor in the pathogenesis of different metabolic diseases, including obesity and type-II diabetes. Adipose tissue consists largely of adipocytes, cells responsible for fat and releasing energy in form …
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The db mouse as a model for steatohepatitis
Fatty liver disease is a collective phrase for a spectrum of diseases characterised by increased liver fat content. It ranges from fatty infiltration of the liver to an inflammatory condition, steatohepatitis, which may lead onto cirrhosis. Although not associated with alcohol consumption, …
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Dissecting the Role of the Lipodystrophy Protein Seipin in the Biogenesis of the Lipid Droplet Organelle
Long thought to be little more than inert storage depots, lipid droplets have recently become recognized as unique, dynamic, regulated organelles that play an essential role in fat storage. Despite this increased interest, much remains unknown. Lipid droplets have been observed to emerge from the …
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Understanding adipokine secretion and adipocyte-macrophage cellular interactions, in search for the molecular basis of insulin sensitivity and resistance
… importance to diabetes. In addition to being a fat storage depot, adipose tissue is an endocrine tissue. Adiponectin and leptin are two adipokines that control insulin sensitivity and energy balance. In spite of their importance, there are still questions about their secretion. I hypothesized …
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Metabolic alterations and adipose tissue dysfunction in individuals with a family history of type 2 diabetes
… individuals. In study IV we found that visceral fat accumulation and age predicted ectopic fat storage in heart and liver, and found metabolites associated with a family history of T2D. In study V, we presented metabolites predicting markers of glucose and insulin metabolism, as well as markers …
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Obesity accelerates mammary carcinogenesis in a rat model of polygenic obesity susceptibility
… (DS) rats rapidly accumulate excess body fat and display metabolic perturbations, including resistance to insulin and leptin, which normally provide "stop eating" anorexigenic cues. In contrast, diet resistant (DR) rats remain lean despite being fed the same diet. Findings from experiments …
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Metabolic signalling and neuroendocrine stress responses in pregnancy
… have longer-term actions in the regulation of fat storage. I investigated the relationship between the HPA axis and endocrine factors relating to adipose tissue storage and appetite regulation during late pregnancy in rats. The responsiveness of the hypothalamic neurones regulating ACTH and …
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METHANE MITIGATION, FEED EFFICIENCY, AND HEAT STRESSIN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS: NUTRITIONAL ANDMANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE DAIRYPRODUCTION
… different energy sources (corn and hydrogenated fat) in the diet of dairy heifers with respect to feed efficiency, energy metabolism, and methanogenesis. The study showed that feed efficiency, assessed through residual feed intake (RFI), appeared promising as it remained moderately consistent and …
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DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TO THE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF METABOLOMICS BIOFLUIDS DATASETS
… to NPC1 gene function loss, which causes adverse fat storage at the lysosomal levels (Mathieson, 2013; Xu et al., 2010). However, plasma metabolite profiling can provide insights into disease diagnosis and prognosis, while providing a clear ‘picture’ of the underlying metabolites altered during …
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Intestinal cytoplasmic lipid droplets, associated proteins, and the regulation of dietary fat absorption
<p>Dietary fat provides essential nutrients, contributes to energy balance, and regulates blood lipid concentrations. These functions are important to health, but can also become dysregulated and contribute to diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The small intestine …
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Potential of faeces for non-invasive assessment of Juan Fernandez fur seals and their environment
… Additionally, their long lifespan and extensive fat storage enable the bioaccumulation and biomagnification of liposoluble toxins. These and other characteristics have made marine mammals an increasing target for understanding and monitoring various changes in oceanic ecosystems, including the …