Popular belief holds that our senses gather information only about the external world, but many of our sensory systems also monitor our internal environment, enabling the body to regulate its own ...

Aging may trigger the appearance of specialized stem cells that supercharge the body's ability to create new belly fat. The ...

Ovarian cancer is known for its aggressive spread, often targeting fatty tissues in the abdomen. Now, a study published in Nature Communications by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Queen Mary ...

Understanding how fat tissue forms and functions is crucial for addressing obesity and related metabolic diseases. However, adipose tissue, or body fat, behaves differently based on its location in ...

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is aggressive and hard to treat. But the role of fat tissue in how the cancer spreads ...

Obesity is a major public health concern worldwide due to its association with non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disorders, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers 1. According to the ...

Adipose tissue functions as a dynamic organ that both stores energy and orchestrates systemic metabolism through the regulated handling of fatty acids. Under conditions of energy surplus, adipocytes ...

People with obesity who are long-time exercisers have healthier belly fat tissue and can store fat there more effectively than nonexercisers with obesity, according to a new study. People with obesity ...

TNBCs rely on fatty acid oxidization (FAO) to fuel tumor growth by breaking down surrounding adipose tissue through lipolysis. Gap junctions, particularly involving GJB3 and connexin 31 (Cx31), ...

It is well known that obesity typically leads to inflammation and dysfunction of fat tissue that increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. It is ...

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