{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Walewski JL"],"funding":["NIDDK NIH HHS"],"pagination":["93-107"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2956591"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["20(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The obesity epidemic causes significant morbidity and mortality. Knowledge of cellular function and gene expression in obese adipose tissue will yield insights into obesity pathogenesis and suggest therapeutic targets. The aim of this work is to study the processes determining fat accumulation in adipose tissue from obese patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Omental fat was collected from two cohorts of obese bariatric surgery patients and sex-matched normal-weight donors. Isolated adipocytes were compared for cell size, volume, and long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) uptake. Omental fat RNAs were screened by 10K microarray (cohort 1: three obese, three normal) or Whole Genome microarray (cohort 2: seven obese, four normal). Statistical differences in gene and pathway expression were ident"],"journal":["Obesity surgery"],"pubmed_title":["Adipocyte accumulation of long-chain fatty acids in obesity is multifactorial, resulting from increased fatty acid uptake and decreased activity of genes involved in fat utilization."],"pmcid":["PMC2956591"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 DK072526-05","DK-72526","DK-52401","R01 DK072526","R01 DK052401"],"pubmed_authors":["Pomp A","Inabnet WB","Berk PD","Ge F","Gagner M","Walewski JL","Branch AD"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Adipocyte accumulation of long-chain fatty acids in obesity is multifactorial, resulting from increased fatty acid uptake and decreased activity of genes involved in fat utilization.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The obesity epidemic causes significant morbidity and mortality. Knowledge of cellular function and gene expression in obese adipose tissue will yield insights into obesity pathogenesis and suggest therapeutic targets. The aim of this work is to study the processes determining fat accumulation in adipose tissue from obese patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Omental fat was collected from two cohorts of obese bariatric surgery patients and sex-matched normal-weight donors. Isolated adipocytes were compared for cell size, volume, and long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) uptake. Omental fat RNAs were screened by 10K microarray (cohort 1: three obese, three normal) or Whole Genome microarray (cohort 2: seven obese, four normal). Statistical differences in gene and pathway expression were ident","dates":{"release":"2010-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2010 Jan","modification":"2025-04-04T09:50:19.428Z","creation":"2025-02-19T04:02:34.464Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2956591","cross_references":{"pubmed":["19866242"],"doi":["10.1007/s11695-009-0002-9"]}}