The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy
Adipose tissue is a reservoir of energy and also an organ that contributes to the aesthetics and health of human body working as an endocrine tissue. White adipose tissue, which is formed by unilocular adipose cells, can modify organic homeostasis by controlling energy expenditure and consumption an...
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| author | Alfonso Valenzuela B Julio Sanhueza C |
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| description | Adipose tissue is a reservoir of energy and also an organ that contributes to the aesthetics and health of human body working as an endocrine tissue. White adipose tissue, which is formed by unilocular adipose cells, can modify organic homeostasis by controlling energy expenditure and consumption and by producing adipokines that regulate food consumption, and carbohydrate and lipid metabolic utilization. Brown adipose tissue is structured by multilocular cells containing many small fat drops that can be easily hydrolyzed. This tissue is involved in adaptative or facultative thermogenesis because it contains the uncoupling-1 protein (UCP-1) which by inhibiting ATP synthesis releases heat. The size of brow adipose tissue is reduced with aging and the most recent future strategies to fight obesity may be by transforming white cells into brown adipose tissue. The present work reviews the main structural and functional characteristics of white and brown adipose tissue with emphasis in its endocrine and regulatory function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26e480efa3ba43328c89fe2cf718e6fa2022-12-21T22:32:18ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasGrasas y Aceites0017-34951988-42142009-12-0160543945210.3989/gya.043209590The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energyAlfonso Valenzuela B0Julio Sanhueza C1Centro de Lípidos, INTA, Universidad de ChileCentro de Lípidos, INTA, Universidad de ChileAdipose tissue is a reservoir of energy and also an organ that contributes to the aesthetics and health of human body working as an endocrine tissue. White adipose tissue, which is formed by unilocular adipose cells, can modify organic homeostasis by controlling energy expenditure and consumption and by producing adipokines that regulate food consumption, and carbohydrate and lipid metabolic utilization. Brown adipose tissue is structured by multilocular cells containing many small fat drops that can be easily hydrolyzed. This tissue is involved in adaptative or facultative thermogenesis because it contains the uncoupling-1 protein (UCP-1) which by inhibiting ATP synthesis releases heat. The size of brow adipose tissue is reduced with aging and the most recent future strategies to fight obesity may be by transforming white cells into brown adipose tissue. The present work reviews the main structural and functional characteristics of white and brown adipose tissue with emphasis in its endocrine and regulatory function.http://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/597adipokinesbrown adipose tissuetemperature regulationwhite adipose tissue |
| spellingShingle | Alfonso Valenzuela B Julio Sanhueza C The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy Grasas y Aceites adipokines brown adipose tissue temperature regulation white adipose tissue |
| title | The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy |
| title_full | The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy |
| title_fullStr | The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy |
| title_short | The adipose tissue: something more than a reservoir of energy |
| title_sort | adipose tissue something more than a reservoir of energy |
| topic | adipokines brown adipose tissue temperature regulation white adipose tissue |
| url | http://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/597 |
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