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resistance ( 3 , 4 ). As the primary peripheral tissue cells of insulin action, adipocytes express TSH receptors and have been recognized as extrathyroidal targets of TSH ( 5 ). However, the mechanism underlying high TSH level-induced insulin resistance in
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Introduction White adipose tissue (WAT) is mainly involved in energy storage and mobilization in the form of triglycerides, although a paracrine and endocrine function of white adipocytes has also been recognized. Excess of WAT results from an
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after HFD than wild-type mice on an HFD. It is noteworthy that adipocytes also have been reported to express DKK1 ( 21 , 22 ). Moreover, treatment of pre-adipocytes with Dkk1 suppresses their differentiation in cell cultures ( 23 ). Given that obesity
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matured adipocytes from human s.c. fat and as such are a good model system ( 25 , 26 ). By demonstrating the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone as the initial step of steroid biosynthesis in the SGBS model, the evidence for adipocytes as
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leptin and decreasing serum adiponectin ( 14 , 15 , 16 ). Accordingly, data from in vitro models showed a DEHP-dependent impairment of adipogenesis and adipocyte function ( 14 , 17 ). Analyses on underlying mechanisms are difficult, because energy
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. Previous work by Cousin et al . reported that irradiation alters the proliferation and differentiation capacity of adipocyte precursor cells in mice ( 19 ). However, the effects of radiation exposure on human AT are unknown. No study to date had the
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substantiate the strong association between decreased mitochondrial content and oxygen consumption of WAT/adipocytes, which is in particular evident during metabolic complications such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular diseases
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-C, both expressed in several tissues including heart, kidney, vascular endothelium, and adipocytes. Thus, the endocrine heart is involved not only in hemodynamic regulation but also in energy homeostasis (7) . The sympathetic nervous system plays a key
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demonstrated that excess iron in adipose tissue boosts adipose tissue dysfunction, resulting in decreased adipogenesis and enhanced adipocyte inflammation and adipose tissue macrophage infiltration ( 8 , 11 , 14 ). Consistently, iron overload has detrimental
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molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the energy-dissipating qualities of brown fat have been studied in detail ( 4 , 5 ). Uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) has been identified as the key factor controlling the thermogenic capacity of brown adipocytes