With increasing modernization and urbanization of Asia, much of the future focus of the
obesity epidemic will be in the Asian region. Low testosterone levels are frequently …

Human beings are susceptible to sustained weight gain in the modern environment.
Although both men and women can get fat, they get fat in different ways, and suffer different …

The stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of adipose tissue contains an abundant population of
multipotent adipose-tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) that possess the capacity to …

Background The applications for fat grafting have increased recently, within both
regenerative and reconstructive surgery. Although fat harvesting, processing and injection …

Sex hormones contribute to differences between males and females in body fat distribution
and associated disease risk. Higher concentrations of estrogens are associated with a more …

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is universally recognised as the commonest
endocrinopathy of women. The definition and the aetiological hypotheses of PCOS are …

An important sex difference in body fat distribution is generally observed. Men are usually
characterized by the android type of obesity, with accumulation of fat in the abdominal …

Androgens play an important role in regulation of body fat distribution in humans. They exert
direct effects on adipocyte differentiation in a depot-specific manner, via the androgen …

In this sweeping exploration of the relatively recent obesity epidemic, Michael L. Power and
Jay Schulkin probe evolutionary biology, history, physiology, and medical science to …

C5L2 binds acylation-stimulating protein (ASP) with high affinity and is expressed in ASP-
responsive cells. Functionality of C5L2 has not yet been demonstrated. Here we show that …