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-sensitive tissues of obese patients ( 10 , 11 ) and in patients with T2D ( 12 , 13 , 14 ). The role of miRNAs in metabolism and diabetes is quite complex ( 15 ) and involves many different tissues for example, liver, beta-cells, white and brown adipose tissue, as
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complications such as cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and certain types of cancer ( 6 ). From a pathophysiological point of view, an excessive white adipose tissue mass is linked to increased insulin resistance, aggravating age-dependent risk of T2D and
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lipotoxicity in pancreatic beta-cells, resulting in reduced beta-cell function ( 35 ). Recently, endurance exercise training in healthy males was shown to improve adipose tissue insulin sensitivity measured as the product of fasting insulin and FFA levels ( 36
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medroxyprogesterone acetate, estradiol 17B and cAMP ( 9 ). Plasma AGT is mainly produced by the liver, but there is evidence that adipose tissue AGT enters the circulation ( 27 ). AGT is a large molecule of 452 amino acids. It is the specific substrate for renin
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and metabolic disorders ( 15 , 16 , 17 ). Like the classical adipokine adiponectin, ZAG is considered a type of adipokine and mainly expressed in s.c. and abdominal adipose tissue. Circulating ZAG levels are decreased in patients with T2DM ( 15
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islet β cells or a decline of insulin sensitivity in downstream organs, including liver, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Hyperglycemia can also result from inappropriately high endogenous glucose production either via glycogenolysis or
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adipose tissue distribution, rather than actual body fat, may play a more important role in all-cause mortality ( 20 , 21 ). While BMI is prevalently employed as a tool for the evaluation and classification of obesity, it harbors a significant limitation
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elusive. Studies in T2DM patients show controversial results. The vertebral bodies of type 2 diabetic men and postmenopausal women show a higher marrow adipose tissue (MAT) content compared to controls. MAT is negatively correlated with bone mineral
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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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exposure causes body-wide insulin resistance, the effect is tissue dependent and adipose tissue insulin sensitivity actually increases, which contributes to adipocyte differentiation and lipid accumulation ( 20 ). Similarly, glucocorticoid exposure