Project description:The molecular background of mitochondrial dysfunction in adipose tissue of morbidly obese individuals and bariatric surgery-induced changes in adipose mitochondrial function remain incompletely understood. To evaluate the mechanisms behind the surgery-induced changes and differences between morbidly obese subjects and nonobese controls, we performed a LC-MS/MS proteomics analysis of abdominal subcutaneous (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue samples (VAT) collected from the bariatric surgery, SAT samples collected 6 months after surgery, and control SAT and VAT samples collected from baseline.
Project description:Genes showing differential expression in visceral adipose tissue obtained from Asia Indian obese women suffering from type-2 diabetes mellitus as compared to age and BMI matched normal glucose tolerant women were identified by genome wide transcriptomic profiling in 5 diabetic and 5 control subjects respectively.
Project description:Case story. A patient with massive infiltration of the visceral adipose tissue depot by BAT in a patient with a catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. BAT tissue was identified by protein expression of UCP1 (western blotting and immunostaining) The goal of the study is to identify patterns of gene expression in BAT containing visceral fat compared to the patient's own subcutanous fat which did not express BAT. For comparison a pool of mRNA isolated from visceral fat from obese subjects was used. Patient Case, Gene expression array from a biopsy from the patient's visceral fat and a biopsy from the subcutaneous fat compared to one array of mRNA from the visceral depot pooled from a group of obese subjects
Project description:Identification of the inflammatory signature in visceral adipose tissue CD14+ cells (adipose tissue macrophage) Total RNA obtained from CD14+ cells (Immunoselcted cells from stromal adipose tissue cells)
Project description:Identification of the inflammatory signature in visceral adipose tissue CD14+ cells (adipose tissue macrophage) Total RNA obtained from CD14+ cells (Immunoselcted cells from stromal adipose tissue cells)
Project description:Context: It is not known whether biological differences reported between subcutaneous (SAT) and visceral (VAT) adipose tissue depots underlie the pathogenicity of visceral fat. Objective: We compared SAT and VAT gene expression according to obesity, visceral fat accumulation, insulin resistance and presence of the metabolic syndrome. Design: Subjects were assigned into 4 groups (lean, overweight, obese and obese with metabolic syndrome). Setting: Subjects were recruited at a university hospital. Patients: 32 women were included. Main Outcome Measures: Anthropometric measurements, euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps, blood analyses and computed tomography scans were performed and paired samples of SAT and VAT were obtained for DNA microarray-based gene expression profiling.
