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Adipose Tissue Biology

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Michael E. Symonds

    1. Queen's Medical Centre, School of Human Development, University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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  • Provides a comprehensive guide and essential reading for doctors, healthcare workers and scientists.

  • Offers comprehensive insight into current perspectives and challenges in adipose tissue biology.

  • Discusses adipocyte precursors, differentiation and growth, brown and white adipose tissue, gender, inflammation, dietary and genetic determinants of fat mass, together with evolutionary and developmental aspects of adiposity.

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Adipocyte Precursors: Developmental Origins, Self-Renewal, and Plasticity

    • Christian Dani, Nathalie Billon
    Pages 1-16

  3. Adipocyte Differentiation

    • José María Moreno-Navarrete, José Manuel Fernández-Real
    Pages 17-38

  4. Brown Adipose Tissue

    • Martin Klingenspor, Tobias Fromme
    Pages 39-69

  5. White Adipose Tissue

    • Stephane Gesta, C. Ronald Kahn
    Pages 71-121

  6. Sex Differences in Body Fat Distribution

    • Alain Veilleux, André Tchernof
    Pages 123-166

  7. Macrophages and Inflammation

    • Elise Dalmas, Joan Tordjman, Michèle Guerre-Millo, Karine Clément
    Pages 167-193

  8. Adipocyte Growth and Factors Influencing Adipocyte Life Cycle

    • Srujana Rayalam, Clifton A. Baile
    Pages 195-226

  9. The Evolution of Mammalian Adipose Tissue

    • Caroline M. Pond
    Pages 227-269

  10. Dietary Determinants of Fat Mass and Body Composition

    • María A. Zulet, María J. Moreno-Aliaga, J. Alfredo Martínez
    Pages 271-315

  11. The Genetic Determinants of Common Obesity-Susceptibility

    • Ruth J. F. Loos
    Pages 317-378

  12. Early Origins of Obesity and Developmental Regulation of Adiposity

    • Shalini Ojha, Helen Budge
    Pages 379-408

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 409-413
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About this book

This book is designed to provide a comprehensive insight into current perspectives and challenges in adipose tissue biology. In <i>Adipose Tissue Biology</i>, scientists and clinicians discuss adipocyte precursors, differentiation and growth, brown and white adipose tissue, gender, inflammation, dietary and genetic determinants of fat mass, together with evolutionary and developmental aspects of adiposity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen's Medical Centre, School of Human Development, University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Michael E. Symonds

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adipose Tissue Biology

  • Editors: Michael E. Symonds

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0965-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9832-3Published: 26 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0965-6Published: 20 November 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 414

  • Topics: Human Physiology, Neurosciences

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