Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. [1] [2] It also contains the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of cells including preadipocytes, fibroblasts, vascular endothelial cells and a variety of immune cells such as adipose tissue macrophages.

2022年8月18日 · Adipose tissue, otherwise known as body fat, is a connective tissue that extends throughout your body. It’s found under your skin (subcutaneous fat), between your internal organs (visceral fat) and even in the inner cavities of bones (bone marrow adipose tissue).

2025年2月4日 · Adipose tissue, also known as fat tissue or fatty tissue, is a connective tissue that is mainly composed of fat cells called adipocytes. Adipocytes are energy-storing cells that contain large globules of fat known as lipid droplets, surrounded by a structural network of fibers.

Adipose tissue is no longer considered to be an inert tissue that stores fat. This tissue is capable of expanding to accommodate increased lipids through hypertrophy of existing adipocytes and by initiating differentiation of pre-adipocytes. Adipose tissue metabolism exerts an impact on whole-body metabolism.

2025年3月5日 · adipose tissue, connective tissue consisting mainly of fat cells (adipose cells, or adipocytes), specialized to synthesize and contain large globules of fat, within a structural network of fibres. It is found mainly under the skin but also in deposits between the muscles, in the intestines and in their membrane folds, around the heart , and ...

2021年5月13日 · Fat cells are the basic building blocks of fat tissue. Fat (or adipose) tissue is found throughout the human body and is concentrated beneath the skin, between the muscles, and around the internal organs. The primary functions of fat cells are to store lipids for energy, to produce and secret hormones, and to release heat energy from lipids.

2024年3月19日 · Fat cells, also known as adipocytes or adipose cells, are specialized cells that play an essential role in energy storage and metabolism. These cells are the building blocks of adipose tissue, a type of connective tissue located mainly beneath the skin, between muscle layers, and surrounding vital internal organs.

In obesity, adipose tissue becomes dysfunctional, promoting a pro-inflammatory, hyperlipidemic and insulin resistant environment that contributes to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Concurrently, similar features that result from adipose tissue dysfunction also promote cardiovascular disease (CVD) by mechanisms that can be augmented by T2DM.

In addition to hormones, fat tissue secretes various forms of genetic material, lipid and proteins that all contribute to its substantial endocrine activity. AT also responds to a variety of circulating metabolites and hormones, including lipids, growth hormone, cortisol, …

2020年5月24日 · Adipose tissue is made up of adipocytes – differentiated cells that store excess energy as triglyceride droplets, together with various supporting cells and fibers. Fat cells also have an endocrine function as they can secrete hormones. Adipose tissue function depends on the type and location of fat within the body.