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SUBMITTER: Tinahones FJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3382430 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tinahones Francisco José FJ Coín-Aragüez Leticia L Mayas Maria Dolores MD Garcia-Fuentes Eduardo E Hurtado-Del-Pozo Carmen C Vendrell Joan J Cardona Fernando F Calvo Rosa-Maria RM Obregon Maria-Jesus MJ El Bekay Rajaa R
BMC physiology 20120402
<h4>Background</h4>The expansion of adipose tissue is linked to the development of its vasculature, which appears to have the potential to regulate the onset of obesity. However, at present, there are no studies highlighting the relationship between human adipose tissue angiogenesis and obesity-associated insulin resistance (IR).<h4>Results</h4>Our aim was to analyze and compare angiogenic factor expression levels in both subcutaneous (SC) and omentum (OM) adipose tissues from morbidly obese pat ...[more]