Not exact matches
91 Normal functioning
of adipose tissue is often (but not exclusively) impaired in obesity 91 and can be characterized by excessive hypertrophic
adipocyte growth, elevated macrophage infiltration, hypoxia and dysregulated lipid storage.92
When you gain body fat, it's a combination
of growth in fat cell size and the formation
of new
adipocytes (aka fat cells) through a process called adipogenesis, or
adipocyte differentiation [13].
Our findings highlight gaps in our mechanistic understanding
of how particular dietary characteristics alter energy balance, suggesting directions for future research regarding pathways involved in hunger, satiety, absorption, metabolism, and
adipocyte growth or hyperplasia.