Susanne Klaus
University of Potsdam

About this Book

Today we know that white and brown adipocytes share many metabolic and molecular pathways, although their physiological function, i.e., energy storage and energy dissipation, respectively, are quite opposite for WAT (white adipose tissue) and BAT (brown adipose tissue). The authors in this book provide a comprehensive volume covering the whole range of topics of adipose biology from morphology to function, development to physiological and molecular regulation and heterogeneity. Their aim is specifically to tie together most recent findings on molecular mechanisms of adipocyte development and gene expression with the most important histological, physiological, and metabolic characteristics of the different adipose tissues.

Table of Contents

Overview: Biological Significance of Fat and Adipose Tissues
Susanne Klaus

Morphology of the Adipose Organ
Saverio Cinti

Development of White Adipose Tissue and Adipocyte Differentiation
Gérard Ailhaud

Brown Adipose Tissue: Thermogenic Function and Its Physiological Regulation
Susanne Klaus

Brown Adipocyte Differentiation and Function in Energy Metabolism
Susanne Klaus

Central Nervous System Innervation of Brown Adipose Tissue
Timothy J. Bartness, C. Kay Song, Gregory E. Demas

Central Nervous System Innervation of White Adipose Tissue
Timothy J. Bartness, Gregory E. Demas, C. Kay Song

Heterogeneity of Adipose Tissue Metabolism
Michael Boschmann

White Adipose Tissue as a Secretory and Endocrine Organ: Leptin and Other Secreted Proteins
Paul Trayhurn, Nigel Hoggard, D. Vernon Rayner

Adipose Tissue Pathology in Human Obesity
Hans Hauner, Thomas Skurk