Patients who are obese and also consume excess alcohol are at increased risk of liver-related disease. In this Review, Parker and colleagues discuss how alcohol and obesity affect adipose tissue ...

Adipose tissue, or fat, is an anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. ... June 6, 2025 — A diabetes drug may soon double as a treatment for liver disease.

Honka M-J, Latva-Rasku A, Bucci M, et al. Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle, adipose tissue and liver: a positron emission tomography study. Eur J Endocrinol 2018;178:523-531.

An article published in the journal Nature Metabolism presents an experimental drug that stimulates adipose tissue cells to ...

Adipose tissue, when carried around in excessive amounts, predisposes to a large number of diseases. ... liver, and adipose tissue. We have mostly focused on the effects on the liver, ...

Adipose tissue glucose transport and GLUT4 ... The importance of this effect is that a major pathogenic factor in type 2 diabetes is resistance to insulin actions on adipose tissue, muscle, and liver.

Dr Kos, who leads the adipose tissue biology group at the University of Exeter, said where obese people carry their fat can have an impact on their health. Scarring of fat tissue can change a ...

Using mesenchymal stromal cells derived from adipose (fat) tissues, genetically modified to express a bioluminescent marker, researchers in Italy have tracked cells after transplantation.

Independent studies revealed that tissues such as the liver, adipose tissue, bones, and the brain secrete molecules in response to exercise. Diving deeper into the effects of these molecules, ...

Do sex differences in how adipose tissue responds to insulin explain why type 2 diabetes is more common in men? ... “Fatty acids in the bloodstream have effects in the liver, ...