Physiology and Physiopathology of Adipose Tissue

1. Development of Adipose Cells
Tala Mohsen-Kanson, Brigitte Wdziekonski, Phi Villageois, Anne-Laure Hafner, Nadège Lay, Pauline Martin, Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi, Nathalie Billon, Magali Plaisant, Pascal Peraldi, Annie Ladoux, Christian Dani

2. Emerging Roles of Cell Cycle Regulators in Adipocyte Metabolism
Carine Chavey, Sylviane Lagarrigue, Jean-Sébastien Annicotte, Lluis Fajas

3. Angiogenesis in Adipose Tissue
Anne Bouloumié, Jean Galitzky

4. Prospects for Using Adipose Tissue in Regenerative Medicine
Louis Casteilla, Valérie Planat-Benard, Patrick Laharrague, Béatrice Cousin, Anne Lorsignol

5. Brown Adipose Tissue: Function and Development
Daniel Ricquier

6. Histology of Adipose Tissue
Joan Tordjman

7. Glucose Transport in White Adipocyte
Mireille Cormont, Vincent Kaddai

8. Mechanism of Storage and Synthesis of Fatty Acids and Triglycerides in White Adipocytes
Fabienne Foufelle, Pascal Ferré

9. Adipocyte Lipid Droplet Physiology
Isabelle Dugail, Soizic Lay

10. Adipose Tissue Lipolysis
Dominique Langin, Etienne Mouisel

11. The Adipose Tissue: Storage, Source, and Target of Pollutants
Robert Barouki, Karine Clément

12. Chatting Between the Brain and White Adipose Tissues
Luc Pénicaud, Anne Lorsignol

13. Adiponectin: An Adipokine with Multiple Faces
Jean-Philippe Bastard, Camille Vatier, Bruno Fève

14. Apelin Metabolic Functions
Isabelle Castan-laurell, Cédric Dray, Claude Knauf, Philippe Valet

15. Up-to-Date on Novel “Adipocrines”
Christian Carpéné, Jean-Sébastien Saulnier-Blache

16. Obesity: An Evolving Process
Arnaud Basdevant, Judith Aron-Wisnewsky

17. Obesity Phenotypes: Measures to Assess Adipose Tissue Mass in Humans
Jean-Michel Oppert

18. Animal Models of Obesity
Michèle Guerre-Millo

19. Contribution of “Omics” Approaches to Understand the Pathophysiology of Obesity
Nathalie Viguerie

20. Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Obesity
Christine Poitou, Elise Dalmas, Karine Clément

21. Impact of Proinflammatory Cytokines on Adipocyte Insulin Signaling
Jean-François Tanti, Jennifer Jager, Yannick Marchand-Brustel

22. Adaptive Changes in Human Adipose Tissue During Weight Gain
Maud Alligier, Emmanuel Disse, Hubert Vidal, Martine Laville

23. Differences Between Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Tissues
Max Lafontan

24. Genetics of the Human Obesities
Frédéric Fumeron

25. Genetic and Acquired Lipodystrophic Syndromes
Corinne Vigouroux, Véronique Béréziat, Martine Caron-Debarle, Jacqueline Capeau

26. Is the Adipose Tissue a Relevant Target for Obesity Treatment?
Olivier Ziegler, Michel Krempf

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases, Lipidology