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Title Adipose tissue and inflammation / edited by Atif B. Awad, Peter G. Bradford
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Oxidative stress and disease
Oxidative stress and disease (Unnumbered)
Contents The adipose organ / Saverio Cinti and Roberto Vettor -- Adipose tissue as endocrine organ / Kerry B. Goralski and Christopher J. Sinal -- Epidemiology of obesity / Michael J. LaMonte -- Inflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators secreted by adipose tissue / Herbert Tilg and Alexander R. Moschen -- Adipokines and inflammation / Melissa E. Gove and Giamila Fantuzzi -- Insulin as modulator of adipose inflammation / Joseph Doria and Ahmad Aljada -- Growth hormone as modulator of adipose inflammation / Hong-Biao Liu -- Glucocorticoids as modulators of adipose inflammation / Nicholas M. Morton -- Prostaglandins as mediators of adipose inflammation / Martha Lappas -- Inflammatory actions of adiponectin, leptin, and resistin / Danielle M. Stringer ... [et al.] -- Dietary fatty acids as modulators of adipose inflammation / Maximilian Zeyda and Thomas M. Stulnig -- Anti-inflammatory properties of plant sterols and phytoestrogens : experimental and clinical evidence / Rgia A. Othman and Mohammed H. Moghadasian -- Antioxidants, polyphenols, and adipose inflammation / Fereidoon Shahidi and Ying Zhong -- Role of exercise and weight loss in reducing inflammation / Tongian You and Michael J. LaMonte -- Adipose tissue and anti-inflammatory pharmacotherapy / Peter G. Bradford and Atif B. Awad -- Conclusions and future directions / Peter G. Bradford and Atif B. Awad
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Obesity -- Complications.
Inflammation.
Adipose tissues -- Pathophysiology.
Adipose Tissue -- physiopathology.
Adipose Tissue -- metabolism.
Inflammation -- metabolism.
Inflammation -- physiopathology.
Obesity -- physiopathology.
Author Awad, Atif B.
Bradford, Peter G.
LC no. 2009029624
ISBN 9781420091304 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1420091301 (hardcover : alk. paper)