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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Etiology of Obesity -- Selma Spahić* -- INTRODUCTION -- BODY WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION IN ADULTS -- BODY WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION IN CHILDREN -- WEIGHT GAIN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ENERGY SURPLUS -- DETERMINANTS OF OBESITY -- BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS -- THE BRAIN-GUT AXIS -- THE MICROBIOME -- VIRUSES -- NEUROENDOCRINE CONDITIONS CAUSING SECONDARY OBESITY -- PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY -- PRESCRIPTION DRUGS -- BUILT ENVIRONMENT RISK FACTORS -- SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT RISK FACTORS |
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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS -- COMPLICATIONS AND COMORBIDITIES OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Endocrine Function of Adipose Tissue -- Amina Valjevac* -- INTRODUCTION -- LEPTIN -- ADIPONECTIN -- RESISTIN -- VISFATIN -- VASPIN -- APELIN -- ADIPSIN -- OMENTIN -- ADIPOKINES AND INFLAMMATION -- BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE AND BROWNKINES -- FACTOR FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21 (FGF21) -- NEUREGULIN 4 -- RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4 -- IL-6 -- ANGIOPOIETIN-LIKE 8 -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION |
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Neuropeptides and Adipokines in The Control of Food Intake -- Amina Valjevac* -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF HYPOTHALAMUS -- ANOREXOGENIC NEUROTRANSMITTERS -- OREXIGENIC NEUROTRANSMITTERS -- GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES -- PANCREATIC HORMONES -- ADIPOKINES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Role of Meta-Inflammation in The Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Obesity -- Asija Začiragić* -- INTRODUCTION -- PRO-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN OBESITY |
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THE ROLE OF IMMUNE CELLS IN ADIPOSE TISSUE DYSFUNCTION -- THE ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY IN OBESITY AND META-INFLAMMATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Meta-inflammation, Obesity and Cardiometabolic Syndrome -- Amela Dervišević* -- INTRODUCTION -- OBESITY-INDUCED INFLAMMATION -- DYSFUNCTION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND LINKED CARDIOMETABOLIC CONSEQUENCES -- THE PHENOMENON OF OBESITY WITHOUT CARDIOMETABOLIC COMPLICATIONS -- MHO -- METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESE -- BMI -- BODY MASS INDEX -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION |
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Gender Differences in Obesity -- Related Type 2 Diabetes: Possible Role of Meta-inflammation -- Nermina Babić* -- INTRODUCTION -- DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 -- PATHOGENESIS OF OBESITY-RELATED TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND INSULIN RESISTANCE -- OBESITY -- ADIPOSE TISSUE -- META-INFLAMMATION IN OBESITY -- MECHANISMS OF META-INFLAMMATION IN OBESITY -- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND FOOD INTAKE -- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE ETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OBESITY-RELATED T2DM -- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSE |
Summary |
For decades, scientific efforts have been made to understand obesity and related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration, and their link with meta-inflammation. Adipose tissue is, at present, viewed as an endocrine organ with important biological effects on metabolism and inflammation, with a possible role in the pathogenesis of obesity-associated metabolic and inflammatory diseases. Chronic systemic low-grade inflammation has gained significant attention as the key player in the pathophysiology of obesity- and aging associated diseases. Keeping view of this trend, Meta-Inflamma |
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Subject |
Obesity.
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Adipose tissues.
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Inflammation.
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Obesity
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Adipose Tissue
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Inflammation
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Adipose tissues
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Inflammation
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Obesity
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Začiragić, Asija
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ISBN |
9811479658 |
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9789811479656 |
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