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*body fat*
(or simply fat)
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*in ‘biology’, adipose tissue is a ‘loose connective tissue’ composed mostly of ‘adipocytes’*
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(in addition to ‘adipocytes’, ‘adipose tissue’ contains the ‘stromal vascular fraction’ (SVF) of cells including
preadipocytes,
fibroblasts,
vascularendothelial cells
and a variety of immune cells such as ‘adipose tissue macrophages’
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Adipose tissue is derived from preadipocytes
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Its main role is to store energy in the form of lipids, although it also cushions and insulates the body
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Far from being ‘hormonally inert’, ‘adipose tissue’ has, in recent years, been recognized as a major ‘endocrine organ’, as it produces hormones such as…
‘leptin’
‘estrogen’
‘resistin’
‘cytokines’
(especially TNFα)
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The 2 types of adipose tissue are
white adipose tissue (WAT),
(which stores energy, and brown adipose tissue (BAT), which generates body heat.
The formation of adipose tissue appears to be controlled in part by the adipose gene
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(‘adipose tissue’ – more specifically brown adipose tissue – was first identified by the swiss naturalist ‘conrad gessner’ in ‘1551’)
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