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Postgraduate Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Behavior, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health, Medical School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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. The technical parameters of CT acquisition were adjusted according to the clinical problem under investigation and patient body size. The assessment of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area, s.c. adipose tissue (SAT) area, and muscle area (MA) with
Department of Endocrinology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Northwell, Great Neck, New York, USA
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oestrogen states ( 18 , 19 ) have been associated with increases in visceral adipose tissue (VAT), the changes which are often mitigated when oestradiol is added back ( 18 , 19 ). As a bidirectional relationship exists between excess VAT and the many
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-to-male transsexuals demonstrated that testosterone-ester administration at the dose of 250 mg i.m. every 2 weeks produced a significant increase in visceral adipose tissue and a decrease in insulin sensitivity evaluated by the euglycemic–hyperinsulinemic clamp ( 19
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preferentially increases lipoprotein lipase activity in visceral adipose tissue, which increases uptake of triglycerides and fatty acids into adipocytes leading to increased visceral adiposity ( 20 ). Furthermore, glucocorticoid receptor alpha is more highly
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C-palmitate uptake was calculated as previously suggested by Bucci et al . ( 17 ). Figure 2 Drawing of VOIs on the fused PET/CT images. (A) s.c. adipose tissue VOIs were placed in the right upper abdomen, whereas the visceral adipose tissue
Department of Clinical Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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preadipocytes by affecting the function of the TSH receptor (TSHR) protein ( 7 ). Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is the main adipose tissue that produces diverse adipokines, and VAT volume is increased in patients with sHT compared with VAT volume in normal
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demonstrated that expansion of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) rather than subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) depots is critical for the development of obesity-associated insulin resistance, and that, at least in overweight/obese subjects, expansion of SAT depots
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The Modern Pioneer Center and ArSMRM for MRI Training and Development, Tripoli, Libya
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, soleus intra-myocellular fat; TEMCL, tibialis anterior extra-myocellular fat; TIMCL, tibialis anterior intra-myocellular fat; VAT, visceral adipose tissue. adipose tissue; SIMCL, soleus intra-myocellular fat; SEMCL, soleus extra-myocellular fat; TIMCL
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serum was centrifuged at 900 g for 20 min at 4°C, after which it was immediately stored at −80°C. After blood collection, the skeletal muscle (quadriceps femoris) and white adipose tissues (s.c. and visceral adipose tissues) were immediately separated
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Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Diabetology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Endocrinology Unit, Unit of Human Pathology, Surgical Department, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Pad.Granelli, Via F. Sforza, 35, 20122 Milan, Italy
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12 and 14 weeks and the absence of PRKAR1A. Visceral adipose tissue almost entirely composed of mature adipocytes, as indicated by the negative staining for Pref1, as well as a subcutaneous adipose layer, was present in the tissue sections of 36-week