Thematic review series: Patient-Oriented Research. Free fatty acid metabolism in human obesity
Adipose tissue lipolysis provides circulating FFAs to meet the body’s lipid fuel demands. FFA release is well regulated in normal-weight individuals; however, in upper-body obesity, excess lipolysis is commonly seen. This abnormality is considered a cause for at least some of the metabolic defects (...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2006-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520331503 |