Characterization of subcutaneous and omental adipose tissue in patients with obesity and with different degrees of glucose impairment

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 11333 - 12
• Main Authors: Belligoli, Anna, Compagnin, Chiara, Sanna, Marta, Favaretto, Francesca, Fabris, Roberto, Busetto, Luca, Foletto, Mirto, Dal Prà, Chiara, Serra, Roberto, Prevedello, Luca, Da Re, Chiara, Bardini, Romeo, Mescoli, Claudia, Rugge, Massimo, Fioretto, Paola, Conci, Scilla, Bettini, Silvia, Milan, Gabriella, Vettor, Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.08.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 101/28; 13/1; 13/100; 13/106; 13/31; 13/51; 14/28; 38/77; 631/532/2139; 692/163/2743/137; 692/163/2743/393; Abdominal Fat - metabolism; Abdominal Fat - pathology; Adipose tissue; Adult; Capillaries; Cell number; Cytometry; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - pathology; Female; Glucose - metabolism; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Hyperplasia; Hypertrophy; Male; Metabolism; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - metabolism; Obesity - pathology; Risk factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Stem cells; Subcutaneous Fat - metabolism; Subcutaneous Fat - pathology; Transmission electron microscopy
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47719-y

Although obesity represents a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the link between these pathological conditions is not so clear. The manner in which the different elements of adipose tissue (AT) interplay in order to grow has been suggested to have a role in the gene...