Differential Intra-abdominal Adipose Tissue Profiling in Obese, Insulin-resistant Women
Liu A, McLaughlin T, Liu T, Sherman A, Yee G, Abbasi F, Lamendola C, Morton J, Cushman SW, Reaven GM, Tsao PS. Differential Intra-abdominal Adipose Tissue Profiling in Obese, Insulin-resistant Women. Obesity Surgery 2009, 19: 1564. PMID: 19711137, PMCID: PMC3181138, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9949-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisceral adipose tissueSubcutaneous adipose tissueBody mass indexInflammatory activityAdipose tissueIR individualsAbdominal subcutaneous adipose tissueOmental visceral adipose tissueInsulin-resistant womenInsulin suppression testDegree of adiposityInsulin-sensitive individualsReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionAdipocyte differentiation genesRegional fat storageIR womenBeckman Coulter MultisizerSmall adipose cellsBariatric surgeryObese womenObese/Mass indexLarge cellsAdipocyte hypertrophy