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Influence of diet on visceral adipose remodeling in NONcNZO10 mice with polygenic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Oct 2012
Adi Nikhil C, Adi Jennipher N, Cesar Liliana, Agatston Arthur S, Kurlansky Paul, Webster Keith A
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Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a source of inflammatory cytokines that in obese subjects may contribute to low-level systemic inflammation and development of metabolic syndrome. Expansion of VAT involves adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy and requires breakdown of the extracellular matrix and increased vascular outgrowth. To investigate changes of gene expression associated with VAT expansion and the role of...
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