The role of cytokines in health and disease has received growing interest with the recent
discovery that the adipose tissue is an endocrine organ capable of secreting substances to …

Background Obesity poses a significant global health challenge, necessitating effective
prevention and treatment strategies. Exercise and diet are recognized as pivotal …

Visceral adipose tissue is harmful to metabolic health. Exercise training reduces visceral
adipose tissue mass, but the underlying mechanisms are not known. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) …

The efficiency of hormonal stimulation on metabolic regulation not only depends on the
plasma concentration of the hormones, their receptors, post-receptor, and second …

For years the search for the stimulus that initiates and maintains the change of excitability or
sensibility of the regulating centers in exercise has been progressing. For lack of more …

Since the discovery of leptin, the adipocyte and its products have been the subject of
intensive research. Thus, it has been demonstrated that adipose tissue plays a central role …

Exercise has a powerful action on metabolism, and adaptation of the body to changes
induced by exercise is fundamental to be able to provide the energy required for muscle …

Adipose tissue not only functions as a reserve to store energy but has become of major
interest as an endocrine organ, releasing signalling molecules termed adipokines which …

Resistance exercise has been shown to elicit a significant acute hormonal response. It
appears that this acute response is more critical to tissue growth and remodelling than …

Physiological and psychological systems work together to determine energy intake and
output, and thus maintain adipose tissue. In addition, adipose tissue secretes leptin and …