Differences in lipogenesis and lipolysis in obese and non-obese adult human adipocytes

It has been proposed that differences in adipocyte function and/or metabolism between obese and lean individuáis may manifest themselves in functional adipose tissue abnormalities that lead to metabolic disorders in obesity. We studied lipogenesis and lipolysis of omental adipocytes from obese (OB)...

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Main Authors: MARIANA CIFUENTES, CECILIA ALBALA, CECILIA V ROJAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602008000200009