Obesity and Diabetes Genetics
Researchers from Institute of Biology provide details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity and diabetes genetics
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 11th, 2008
New research, 'Inflammation is associated with a decrease of lipogenic factors in omental fat in women,' is the subject of a report. "Obesity is characterized by systemic low-grade inflammation in which adipose tissue, especially the omental depot, is thought to play a key role. We have previously shown that inflammation impairs 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cell line differentiation," investigators in Lille, France report.
"To explore whether this interaction also takes place in vivo, the expression of several genes related to inflammation and adipocyte differentiation was assessed in human samples. Paired adipose tissue biopsies (from omental and subcutaneous depots) were...
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