New Updates in Adipocytes and Adipose Tissue—3rd Edition
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: brown adipose tissue; thermogenesis; beige adipocytes; irisin; autophagy; adipokines; interleukin-6
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Interests: proteomics; metabolomics; serum metabolites; obesity; insulin resistance; system biology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The first and second editions of this Special Issue were a great success. Now, we invite you to participate in the third edition. (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/Adipo_Life; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/BDQ1HTRE87)
Obesity is one of the major risk factors for insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, coronary heart disease, and cancer, which are all currently leading causes of mortality. Although the combined prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased continuously up to 40–50% in most developed countries, effective therapeutic approaches against these conditions, including behavioral therapy, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery, are very limited. Adipose tissue is a complex organ with profound effects on the homeostasis of the entire body. White adipocytes function as a means of long-term energy storage by accumulating a single large lipid vacuole, which is surrounded by a thin rim of cytoplasm that contains only small amounts of mitochondria. They also produce metabolites and signaling lipids and secrete protein factors (adipokines). Brown and beige adipocytes accumulate numerous small lipid droplets in a multilocular arrangement, contain a large amount of mitochondria-rich cytoplasm, and convert glucose and fatty acids into heat. The production of adipocyte-derived factors changes under different nutritional and pathological conditions that contribute to the pathophysiology of several comorbidities. This Special Issue will focus on metabolic changes and novel molecular pathways observed in obesity, with a high emphasis on adipose tissues that can be targeted in the fight against obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Dr. Kristóf Endre Károly
Dr. Éva Csősz
Dr. Rini Arianti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adipose tissue
- obesity
- inflammation
- thermogenesis
- adipokines
- insulin resistance
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