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Dehydroepiandrosterone and Body Fat [PDF]

open access: yesObesity Research, 1995
AbstractDehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA‐S) is the most abundant circulating adrenal steroid in man, yet its physiologic role and that of its parent compound DHEA are unknown. Age‐related decreases in DHEA in association with increases in obesity, insulin resistance, and atherosclerosis are well known.
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Culex quinquefasciatus vitellogenesis: morphological and biochemical aspects

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
The vitellogenic process in Culex quinquefasciatus, which is triggered by a blood meal, involves the synthesis, distribution and storage of the nutrients necessary for embryo development. The fat body of an adult female Cx.
André F Cardoso   +4 more
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The ESCRT-III Protein Chmp1 Regulates Lipid Storage in the Drosophila Fat Body

open access: yesMedical Sciences, 2022
Defects in how excess nutrients are stored as triglycerides can result in several diseases including obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Understanding the genes responsible for normal lipid homeostasis will help understand the pathogenesis of these ...
Austin M. Fruin   +2 more
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Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Body Fatness: Associations with Total Body Fat, Visceral Fat, and Liver Fat [PDF]

open access: yesMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose It remains unclear to what extent habitual physical activity and sedentary time (ST) are associated with visceral fat and liver fat. We studied the substitution of ST with time spent physically active and total body fat (TBF), visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and hepatic triglyceride content (HTGC) in ...
Winters-Van Eekelen, E.   +7 more
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Antimicrobials Affect the Fat Body Microbiome and Increase the Brown Planthopper Mortality

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2021
Symbionts in the abdomen fat body of brown planthopper (BPH) play an important role in the growth and reproduction of their host, Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae).
Jiateng Shi   +3 more
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Prediction of body fat in adolescents: validity of the methods relative fat mass, body adiposity index and body fat index [PDF]

open access: yesEating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 2021
To verify the validity of anthropometric methods body adiposity index (BAI), relative fat mass (RFM) and body fat index (BFI) to estimate body fat percentage (%BF) in adolescents.A cross-sectional study was carried out with 420 Brazilian adolescents aged 15-19 years, stratified by age (
Irismar G. A. Encarnação   +4 more
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The Effect of Phosphatidylcholine and Deoxycholate Compound Injections to the Localized Adipose Tissue: An Experimental Study with a Murine Model

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2012
Background Phosphatidylcholine (PPC) and deoxycholate (DCA) compound has been recently used for the purpose of partial lipolysis and is valued for its efficacy and lower invasiveness compared to liposuction and dermolipectomy used previously.
Yongjoon Noh, Chan-Yeong Heo
doaj   +1 more source

Efficiency of fat deposition from nonstarch polysaccharides, starch and unsaturated fat in pig [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The aim was to evaluate under protein-limiting conditions the effect of different supplemental energy sources: fermentable NSP (fNSP), digestible starch (dStarch) and digestible unsaturated fat (dUFA), on marginal efficiency of fat deposition and ...
Halas, V.   +4 more
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alonbar110/Rules-for-body-fat-interventions: Rules_for_body_fat_interventions_v1

open access: yes, 2023
This repository contains the source code and data to replicate the figures from "Rules for body fat interventions based on an operating-point ...
alonbar110
core   +1 more source

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