biology definition of obesity

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

... thought of as the manufacturing end of the life sciences industry.” —University of Michigan, School of Medicine “Body of methods and techniques that employ as tools the living cells of organisms ... the influence of ethnicity of the genomics of organisms. Ethnicity refers to organisms with origins from different parts of the world. Most scientists focus on the ethnogenomics of humans. This ... chain of command of genes in embryonic de- velopment, the development of stem cells in adult and fetal tissues, and the mechanisms of gene activation in cancer. Biotechnology makes use of epigenomics...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 16:20

... malonyl-CoA and CPT1c in the treatment of obesity Michael J. Wolfgang and M. Daniel Lane Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Introduction All ... malonyl-CoA; neurometabolism; nutrient sensing; obesity Correspondence M. J. Wolfgang, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, 475 Rangos ... major user of long-chain fatty acids making a brain-specific isoform intriguing. CPT1c was identified and cloned from in silico sequences as a highly homologous member of the CPT1 class of enzymes...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... emerging targets for treatment of obesity and related metabolic diseases Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu, Mitsuhisa Tabata and Yuichi Oike Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto ... metabolism; insulin resistance; metabolic syndrome; obesity; obesity- related metabolic disease Correspondence Y. Oike, Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, ... roles of ANGPTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obesity and related metabolic diseases, and discuss the possibility that both could func- tion as molecular targets for the prevention and treatment of obesity...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... most prevalent form of MetS is associated with abdominal (visceral) obesity and that this type of obesity contributes to insulin resistance (IR) and the increased release of cytokines, as well ... risk of T2DM, hypertension and CVD; however, the exact underlying pathophysiological mechanisms by which obesity increases the risk of VD remains the subject of intensive investigation [20]. Obesity ... deficiency and hypogonadism-induced obesity remain the subject of intense investigation. Several hypotheses have discussed the relationship of androgen deficiency and obesity. That obesity is commonly associated...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 06:20

... "The Nature of Affixing in Written English," an algorithm for the structural definition of affixes was developed and applied to data consisting of all the words of the form CVCVC ... two-vowel-string words. This paper summarizes the results of applying a modified form of the operational definition to data consisting of all the four-, five-, six-, and seven-vowel-string words ... classification of the weak suffixes by degree of weakness as a means of approaching the suffix-in- context problem. Table 2, which reviews the prefixes and suffixes de- fined by Resnikoff and Dolby,...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 19:20

... mode of action of RMI1 in the regulation of energy homeostasis might be based on the regulation of adipocyte hyperplasia. Studies have shown that siRNA knockdown of RMI1 resulted in suppression of ... cause of adult obesity, and hyperplasia of adipocytes in obese adults some- times occurs secondary to adipocyte hypertrophy, pos- sibly due to an increased number of adipocytes capable of secreting ... escalating prevalence of obesity is one of the most pressing health concerns of the modern era, yet existing medicines to combat this global pandemic are disappointingly limited in terms of safety and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... ambulatory (ANPEG) of the Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Catholic University of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Collaborating Center for the Prevention of Pathologic Aging ... Diseases of the WHO/PAHO. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. b Department of Psychiatry of the Paulista Medical School, Federal University of São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. c Department of Psychiatry of ... ‘as the components of the quality of life are personal, the most adequate procedure to measure it seems to be the use of the individual definitions of each interviewed.’ The aim of this study was...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... use of drugs to counteract obesity risk factors or simply to the latency of the effect. This analysis does not take account of the impact of childhood obesity. The health consequences of overweight ... prevalence of obesity THE DETERMINANTS • 13 2. The determinants of obesity Main messages • The simultaneous presence of physical inactivity and poor diet to a large extent explains the obesity ... sense of fatalism about their health. Lower socioeconomic status not only increases the risk of obesity but may result from obesity. Several stud- ies have noted that obesity increases time off...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20

... of obesity. The guideline addresses: primary prevention of obesity in children, young people and adults  treatment of overweight /obesity by diet and lifestyle interventions  treatment of obesity ... MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY A Cochrane systematic review examined the effectiveness of interventions to improve health professionals’ management of obesity. Interventions included training and provision of ...  slowing the rate of eating  reinforcement of changes  relapse prevention  strategies for dealing with weight regain.  7 3 OBESITY IN ADULTS 3 Obesity in adults 3.1 PREVALENCE OF OBESITY IN ADULTS The...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20

... 2001/20/EC 1 . A clear understanding of the definition of an IMP requires knowledge of the definitions of a medicinal product and of a clinical trial; these two definitions are provided in Annex ... (IMP) is linked to (a) the definition of a “medicinal product”, (b) the intended use of a medicinal product and (c) the definition of a “clinical trial” for the purposes of Directive 2001/20/EC 1 . ... General definitions useful for this guidance Medicinal Product Article 1.1 of Directive 2004/27/EC provides the definition of "medicinal product" which applies for the purposes of Directive...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20

... frame of reference (Taylor & Tversky, 1996). A frame of reference includes an origin, a coordinate system, apoint of view, reference terms, and a reference object. Threekinds offramesof reference ... REPRESENTATIONS 51 SITUATION MODELS AND LEVELS OF COHERENCE Toward a Definition of Comprehension Isabelle Tapiero University of Lyon University of Lyon II LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS 2007 ... theConstruction-IntegrationModel is a significantexample of the models developed in the second generation of research. It offers a new way of investigating the contribution of knowledge to the reading comprehen - sion...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20

... "Status of this Memo" section that identify the document as the product of the IRTF. The current text is defined in [RFC5741]. 3. Rules for Submission and Use of Material The goals of the ... guarantee of publication. In particular, the IRTF Chair may question the appropriateness of a "no derivative works" restriction requested by an author. The appropriateness of such ... publication by the IRSG are not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20

... acids into fat cells in the form of triglycerides, leads to the development of obesity. Despite the pivotal role of obesity and dyslipide- mia in the development of the metabolic syndrome and heart ... Journal compilation ª 2009 FEBS MINIREVIEW Mechanisms of obesity and related pathologies: Role of apolipoprotein E in the development of obesity Kyriakos E. Kypreos 1 , Iordanes Karagiannides 2 , ... a direct correlation between obesity and the development of cardiovascular disease [36,37]. Despite the pivotal role of obesity and dyslipidemia in the development of the metabolic syndrome and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 22:21

... expansion of adi- pose depots accompanying obesity is central to the development of appropriate therapeutic strategies. This minireview focuses on a discussion of the recent identification of molecular ... a role in directing the formation of WAT and BAT during development. The most notable of these adipogenic effectors are members of the BMP family of transform- Control of adipose tissue development ... discovery of BAT in adult humans presents investigators with the new challenge of how to increase its mass and ⁄ or activity as a part of an anti -obesity therapy. Additional knowledge of the molecular...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 22:21