Objective To discuss the relationship between adipokines and connective tissue diseases,
by putting special emphasis on the potential role of leptin, adiponectin, resistin, and other …

Adipose tissue macrophage (ATM) inflammation is involved with meta-inflammation and
pathology of metabolic complications. Here we report that in adipocytes, elevated lactate …

Chronic wounds, particularly those associated with diabetes mellitus, represent a growing
threat to public health, with additional notable economic impacts. Inflammation associated …

Obesity is a growing health care problem that is increasing the incidence and morbidity of
cardiovascular diseases. Emerging evidence suggests that obesity is associated with a …

AIMS: To examine the effect of green tea extract (GTE) on obese women and to explore the
relationship between GTE and obesity-related hormone peptides. METHODS: A …

Objective: Ultrasound elastography is gaining traction as an accessible and useful
diagnostic tool for things such as, cancer detection and differentiation and thyroid disease …

Objective The role of resistin in insulin sensitivity and obesity is controversial. Some authors
suggest that increased serum resistin levels are associated with obesity, visceral fat, insulin …

Soft grasping is a great challenge for picking robots and its bionic inspiration originates from
human fingers. In this study, the hand was scanned to obtain the internal structure of fingers …

Several major developments have occurred since the last edition of Handbook of Obesity:
Clinical Applications, including new clinical trials, discoveries related to drug use, and …

Abstract Introduction Ketogenic diets (KDs) that elevate ketones into a range referred to as
nutritional ketosis represent a possible nutrition approach to address the emerging physical …