As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

Little is known about epigenetic alterations associated with subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in obesity. Our aim was to study genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression differences in SAT ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) resides under the skin and is not associated with increased inflammation. These differences led researchers from the University of Delaware to investigate gene ...

We report the specific gene expression profile induced by leptin in white adipose tissue and liver. From these analyses, it is possible, for the first time, to distinguish leptin treatment from ...