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SUBMITTER: Karastergiou K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3411490 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karastergiou Kalypso K Smith Steven R SR Greenberg Andrew S AS Fried Susan K SK
Biology of sex differences 20120531 1
Women have more body fat than men, but in contrast to the deleterious metabolic consequences of the central obesity typical of men, the pear-shaped body fat distribution of many women is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk. To understand the mechanisms regulating adiposity and adipose tissue distribution in men and women, significant research attention has focused on comparing adipocyte morphological and metabolic properties, as well as the capacity of preadipocytes derived from different ...[more]