It is now well established that the adipocyte - derived hormone leptin, which is well known for its central role in body weight regulation in part via its control over thermogenesis, 52 — 55 also plays an important role in blood glucose homeostasis and in the protection of insulin - sensitive tissues against excessive
ectopic lipid storage by regulating the partitioning of fatty acid away from storage towards oxidation.
Obesity is accompanied by
ectopic lipid deposition in multiple tissues, including the skeleton, where infiltration of adipocytes into the bone marrow niche may negatively impact bone formation (7, 8).
Not exact matches
«Participants on the very - high - fat diet also had substantial improvements in several important cardiometabolic risk factors, such as
ectopic fat storage, blood pressure, blood
lipids (triglycerides), insulin and blood sugar.»
Impaired
lipid metabolism with excess release of FA from adipose tissue leads to overspill of circulating
lipids and thus to
ectopic nonadipose
lipid accumulation in the liver hepatocellular
lipids (HCL), muscle intramyocellular
lipids (IMCL), and myocard myocardial
lipids (MYCL) with detrimental consequences of lipotoxicity.
Norwegian researchers found that in addition to not increasing study subjects» risk of heart disease, those on a diet high in fat exhibited «substantial improvements in several important cardiometabolic risk factors, such as
ectopic fat storage, blood pressure, blood
lipids (triglycerides), insulin and blood sugar.»