Metabolism and secretory function of white adipose tissue: effect of dietary fat

Approximately 40% of the total energy consumed by western populations is represented by lipids, most of them being ingested as triacylglycerols and phospholipids. The focus of this review is to analyze the effect of the type of dietary fat on white adipose tissue metabolism and secretory function, p...

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Main Authors: Cláudia M. Oller do Nascimento, Eliane B. Ribeiro, Lila M. Oyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2009-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652009000300010