Macro fat and micro fat: insulin sensitivity and gender dependent response of adipose tissue to isocaloric diet change.

ABSTRACT: The adipose cell-size distribution is a quantitative characterization of adipose tissue morphology. At a population level, the adipose cell-size distribution is insulin-sensitivity dependent, and the observed correlation between obesity and insulin resistance is believed to play a key role in the metabolic syndrome. Changes in fat mass can be induced by altered energy intake or even diet composition. These macroscopic changes must manifest themselves as dynamic adipose cell-size distribution alterations at the microscopic level. The dynamic relationship between these 2 independent measurements of body fat is unknown. In this study, we investigate adipose tissue dynamics in response to various isocaloric diet compositions, comparing gender- and insulin sensitivity-dependent differences. A b

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4573186 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature