Project description:Obesity is a major risk factor for several chronic diseases including diabetes, fatty liver disease and cancer. Despite similar propensities for obesity, Hispanics and African Americans exhibit unique and distinct differences in obesity related outcomes such as greater risk of, obesity-related cancers in AA and non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Hispanics. This study was aimed to determine whether differences in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) gene expression in obese, Hispanic and AA young adults might explain ethnic differences in obesity-related phenotypes. cross-sectional study design to compare subcutaneous adipose tissue gene expression profiles of 19 Hispanic and 17 African American young adults
Project description:Obesity is a major risk factor for several chronic diseases including diabetes, fatty liver disease and cancer. Despite similar propensities for obesity, Hispanics and African Americans exhibit unique and distinct differences in obesity related outcomes such as greater risk of, obesity-related cancers in AA and non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Hispanics. This study was aimed to determine whether differences in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) gene expression in obese, Hispanic and AA young adults might explain ethnic differences in obesity-related phenotypes.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to use global gen expression to identify obesity-induced changes in gene expression profiles of lean and obese adolescent females. Visceral adipose tissue was extracted during abdominal surgeries on Lean and Obese adolescent females of african-americam, caucasian, and hispanic descent.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to use global gene expression to identify obesity-induced changes in gene expression profiles of lean and obese adolescent females. Visceral adipose tissue was extracted during abdominal surgeries on Lean and Obese adolescent females of african-americam, caucasian, and hispanic descent.
Project description:Inflammatory crosstalk between perivascular adipose tissue and and blood vessel wall may contribute to atherosclerosis pathogenesis, and exhibits more pro-inflammatory than adipogenic phenotype than subcutaneous adipocytes. To identify a genomic basis for biologic differences, we performed genome-wide expression to identiy expression genes differentially regulated between perivascular and subcutaneous adipocytes.for biologic differences. We performed global gene expression analyses on in vitro differentiated adipocytes from human left coronary artery perivascular adipose tissue and subcutaneous adipose tissues derived from unrelated donors who were non-obese and did not have any known metabolic or atherosclerotic disease.
Project description:Obesity is a heterogeneous conditions comprising obese individuals with metabolic disorders (termed metabolically unhealthy obese; MUO) and obese individuals who are metabolically healthy (termed metabolically healthy obese; MHO). We used microarrays to examine differences in subcutaneous adipose tissue gene expression from lean healthy (LH), metabolically healthy obese (MHO), and metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) individuals. Subcutaneous adipose tissue samples from the periumbilical region were obtained under local anesthesia and after an overnight fast. 50-100 mg of adipose tissue was homogenized and total RNA was extracted after homogenisation in TRIzol reagent using a tissue homogenizer.
Project description:Diabetes and obesity are widespread diseases with signifciant socioeconomic implications. We used three different types of human adipose tissue (epigastric, visceral, and subcutaneous) in order to determine differences in global gene expression between these adipose depots in severely obese patients. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from three types of adipose tissue; epigastric, subcutaneous, and visceral all obtained through open gastric bypass surgery.
Project description:The adipose tissue is an endocrine regulator and a risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease when by excessive accumulation induces obesity. Although the adipose tissue is also a reservoir for stem cells (ASC) their function and “stemcellness” has been questioned. Our aim was to investigate the mechanisms by which obesity affects subcutaneous white adipose tissue (WAT) stem cells. We used microarrays to analyze differences in transcriptomic profiles between the adipose stem cells from morbidly obese and non-obese individuals. Subcutaneous white adipose tissues that were obtained during bariatric surgery (Obese) or liposuction (Lean) were donated by patients after obtaining informed consent. Three cases with BMI>40 kg/m2 (ASCmo) and three controls with BMI<25 kg/m2 (ASCn) were selected and processed extracting total RNA, processing and hybridizating on microarrays.
Project description:The adipose tissue is an endocrine regulator and a risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease when by excessive accumulation induces obesity. Although the adipose tissue is also a reservoir for stem cells (ASC) their function and “stemcellness” has been questioned. Our aim was to investigate the mechanisms by which obesity affects subcutaneous white adipose tissue (WAT) stem cells. We used microarrays to analyze differences in transcriptomic profiles between the adipose stem cells from morbidly obese and non-obese individuals.
