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Obesity
Investigators at Kyoto University release new data on obesity
June 3rd, 2008
According to recent research published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "In Western culture, excess visceral fat accumulation or obesity has reached epidemic proportions, resulting in metabolic syndrome. However, more than 10 years of research has shown that adipocytes also function as endocrine cells that release various bioactive substances, so called ''adipocytokines or adipokines'', that play a major role in the regulation of food intake, insulin sensitivity, energy metabolism, and the vascular microenvironment." "Adiponectin, an adipocytokine, is considered to improve insulin sensitivity. Recently, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-03)
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