The prevalence of obesity is increasing and progressively influencing physician‐patient
interactions. While there is a sizable amount of data demonstrating that obesity is a state of …

Objective To systematically review the procedure, applications, and outcomes of autologous
fat grafting, a promising technique with various clinical applications. Patients and methods …

Inflammation originating from the adipose tissue is considered to be one of the main driving
forces for the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in obese individuals …

Fat distribution is closely linked to metabolic disease risk. Distribution varies with sex,
genetic background, disease state, certain drugs and hormones, development, and aging …

Low-grade inflammation is a characteristic of the obese state, and adipose tissue releases
many inflammatory mediators. The source of these mediators within adipose tissue is not …

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of clinical disorders including an unhealthy body
habitus with a large waistline, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance and hypertension. It is …

Fat tissue, frequently the largest organ in humans, is at the nexus of mechanisms involved in
longevity and age‐related metabolic dysfunction. Fat distribution and function change …

Obesity is characterized by the chronic low-grade activation of the innate immune system. In
this respect, macrophage-elicited metabolic inflammation and adipocyte-macrophage …

Mature adipocytes are generated through the proliferation and differentiation of precursor
cells. Our previous studies identified adipocyte progenitors in white adipose tissue (WAT) as …

Obesity alters adipose tissue metabolic and endocrine function and leads to an increased
release of fatty acids, hormones, and proinflammatory molecules that contribute to obesity …