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morning clock gene expression has been reported in peripheral leukocytes of T2D patients compared to weight-matched controls ( 24 ). Moreover, a study of abdominal adipose tissue reported a reduction in the number of rhythmic genes in the abdominal adipose
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an important role. Neuroendocrine factors can be produced in various tissues, such as the liver, gut, adipose tissue, pancreas, and brain ( Fig. 1 ). These factors send signal through different pathways to the brain, mainly to the hypothalamus. In the
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expenditure is further supported by the identification of Kiss1r in brown adipose tissue (BAT) – critical for the regulation of energy expenditure through the induction of thermogenesis – and the decrease in the activation of the BAT observed in obese Kiss1
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increased inactivation of cortisol in the liver (by increased 5α-reductase type 1 activity that metabolizes cortisol to its tetrahydro derivatives) and increased regeneration of cortisol in adipose tissue ( 39 ). The increased inactivation of cortisol in the
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. ( https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4978 ) 34 Oi-Kano Y Iwasaki Y Nakamura T Watanabe T Goto T Kawada T Watanabe K Iwai K Oleuropein aglycone enhances UCP1 expression in brown adipose tissue in high-fat-diet-induced obese rats by activating
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the decline in plasma FA after pharmacological inhibition of adipose tissue lipolysis was accompanied by an approximate 50% decrease of MYCL content in young, lean, insulin sensitive subjects ( 14 ). These changes in intracellular lipid stores are
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support adipose tissue/adipocytes as a significant and modifiable source of circulating total chemerin (pro and active chemerin) ( 14 , 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ). The exact role, beneficial or detrimental, that chemerin plays in obesity is
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Introduction Obesity and vitamin D deficiency represent frequent nutrition concerns worldwide and recent evidence links these together ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). Moreover, obesity and excess adipose tissue gain are suggested as a cause of vitamin D
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IGF bioactivity during metformin treatment may therefore result in a stimulation of lipid use in brown adipose tissue as well, thereby inducing increased lipid utilisation and reduction in fat mass. In line with this, we were able to demonstrate a