Tag: White Adipose Tissue

Scientists have found that visceral fat and subcutaneous fat produce different responses to obesity in male mice and human patients and identified an important regulator of these processes [1]. The tale of the two fats It has been known that visceral fat, which accumulates around organs in the abdomen, and subcutaneous fat, which accumulates under...

A new study published in Aging Cell has detailed what happens to individual fat cells in white adipose tissue (WAT) as they age. When fat is more than just fat Previous research has described WAT as an organ in its own right, functioning not only as an energy storage source but as a regulator of...