Project description:Microarray analysis comparing gene expression profiles of adipocytes from non-diabetic lean vs non-diabetic obese Pima Indian subjects to identify differentially expressed adipocyte genes with obesity. RNA samples of isolated abdominal subcutaneous adipocytes from 20 lean (10 Males / 10 Females, aged 31±6 year, Body Mass Index 25±3 kg/m2 ) and 19 obese (9M/10F, 29±5y, 55±8 kg/m2 ) subjects were hybridized individually to Affymetrix oligonucleotide arrays HG-U95A, B, C, D, and E.
Project description:The aim of the project was to compare global gene expression in adipocytes from obese patients and lean controls. Subcutaneous adipose tissue was collected from severely obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery (average body-mass index (BMI) of 45.5 kg/m2 (n = 12, thereof 4 men) and healthy lean patients undergoing hernia repairs (average BMI of 24.2 kg/m2 (n = 12, thereof 7 men), between 27 and 56 years of age. Adipocytes were isolated by collagenase treatment of adipose tissue, followed by filtering and centrifugation. Floating adipocytes were lysed in Qiazol before RNA purification and microarray analysis.
Project description:Obesity is a risk factor for numerous metabolic disorders; however, not all obese individuals are prone to insulin resistance. The central aim of this study was to identify molecular pathways directly related to insulin resistance independent of BMI in obesity. We sought to determine the gene expression signature of adipose tissue in a body mass index (BMI)-matched obese cohort of patients that are either insulin sensitive or insulin resistant. We determined the global gene expression signatures of omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue samples obtained from insulin-sensitive obese and insulin-resistant obese patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
Project description:Obesity is a risk factor for numerous metabolic disorders; however, not all obese individuals are prone to insulin resistance. The central aim of this study was to identify molecular pathways directly related to insulin resistance independent of BMI in obesity. We sought to determine the gene expression signature of adipose tissue in a body mass index (BMI)-matched obese cohort of patients that are either insulin sensitive or insulin resistant. We determined the global gene expression signatures of omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue samples obtained from insulin-sensitive obese and insulin-resistant obese patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery. The SQ sample for Insulin Resistant Patient 6 has been removed from the study.
Project description:Obesity is a risk factor for numerous metabolic disorders; however, not all obese individuals are prone to insulin resistance. The central aim of this study was to identify molecular pathways directly related to insulin resistance independent of BMI in obesity. We sought to determine the gene expression signature of adipose tissue in a body mass index (BMI)-matched obese cohort of patients that are either insulin sensitive or insulin resistant.
Project description:Obesity is a risk factor for numerous metabolic disorders; however, not all obese individuals are prone to insulin resistance. The central aim of this study was to identify molecular pathways directly related to insulin resistance independent of BMI in obesity. We sought to determine the gene expression signature of adipose tissue in a body mass index (BMI)-matched obese cohort of patients that are either insulin sensitive or insulin resistant.
Project description:To investigate the proteomic features in lean subjects with NAFLD, and to identify possible plasma proteins that provide potential application for diagnosing of NAFLD in lean individuals. Participants with or without NAFLD were divided into an overweight NAFLD group, an overweight control group, a lean NAFLD group, and a lean control group according to body mass index. Samples of 20 subjects in each group were used for plasma proteomic profiling.
Project description:The health benefits of physical activity are well documented, but several exercise response parameters are attenuated in obese individuals. The goal of this study was to identify molecular mechanisms that may influence exercise response in skeletal muscle of obese individuals. We performed comparison of the transcriptome in muscle from lean and obese individuals before and after an acute exercise bout.