Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease Book

Dedication     v
Series Editor's Introduction     vii
Foreword     xi
Preface     xiii
Contributors     ixx
Adipose Tissue: Structure and Function
The Adipose Organ   Saverio Cinti     3
Metabolism of White Adipose Tissue   Michel Beylot     21
Leptin   Malaka B. Jackson   Rexford S. Ahima     35
Adiponectin   Aimin Xu   Yu Wang   Karen S. L. Lam     47
Adipokines as Regulators of Immunity and Inflammation
Vasoactive Factors and Inflammatory Mediators Produced in Adipose Tissue   Gema Fruhbeck     63
Regulation of the Immune Response by Leptin   Victor Sanchez-Margalet   Patricia Fernandez-Riejos   Carmen Gonzalez-Yanes   Souad Najib   Consuelo Martin-Romero   Jose Santos-Alvarez     19
Leptin in Autoimmune Diseases   Giuseppe Matarese     91
Leptin and Gastrointestinal Inflammation   Arvind Batra   Britta Siegmund     101
Adiponectin and Inflammation   Yuji Matsuzawa     111
Interactions Between Adipocytes and Immune Cells
Macrophages, Adipocytes, and Obesity   Anthony W. Ferrante, Jr.     121
Interactions of Adipose and Lymphoid Tissues   Caroline M. Pond     133
Adipose Tissue and Mast Cells: Adipokines as Yin-Yang Modulators of Inflammation   George N. Chaldakov   Anton B. Tonchev   Nese Tuncel   Pepa Atanassova   Luigi Aloe     151
Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue   Patrick Laharrague   Louis Casteilla     159
Weight Gain and Weight Loss
The Epidemiology of Obesity   Carol A. Braunschweig     183
Environmental Aspects of Obesity   Lisa Diewald   Meredith S. Dolan   Myles S. Faith     197
Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Obesity   Christopher W. Kuzawa   Peter D. Gluckman   Mark A. Hanson     207
Genetics of Obesity: Five Fundamental Problems With the Famine Hypothesis   John R. Speakman     221
Inherited and Acquired Lipodystrophies: Disorders of Adipose Tissue Development, Differentiation, and Death   Vinaya Simha   Anil K. Agarwal     237
Mechanisms of Cachexia   Robert H. Mak   Wai W. Cheung     255
Effect of Weight Loss on Disease   Sergio Jose Bardaro   Dennis Hong   Lee Swanstrom     265
Adipose Tissue and Disease
Adipose Tissue and Insulin Resistance   Stephen E. Borst     281
Adipokines in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease   Ancha Baranova   Zobair M. Younossi     291
Adiposity and Cancer   Eugenia E. Calle     307
Obesity and the Heart   Alison M. Morris   Paul Poirier   Robert H. Eckel     327
Obesity and Asthma   Elisabeth Luder     341
Adiposity and Kidney Disease   Srinivasan Beddhu   Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan     351
Obesity and Joint Disease   Andrew J. Teichtahl   Anita E. Wluka   Flavia M. Cicuttini     359
Appendices     373
Index     385