Differences in visceral fat and fat bacterial colonization between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. An in vivo and in vitro study.

Differences in visceral fat and fat bacterial colonization between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. An in vivo and in vitro study.

Crohn's disease (CD) is notably characterized by the expansion of visceral fat with small adipocytes expressing a high proportion of anti-inflammatory genes. Conversely, visceral fat depots in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients have never been characterized. Our study aims were a) to compare adip...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Zulian, Raffaella Cancello, Chiara Ruocco, Davide Gentilini, Anna Maria Di Blasio, Piergiorgio Danelli, Giancarlo Micheletto, Elisabetta Cesana, Cecilia Invitti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813471?pdf=render

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