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Immune cells get a lot of shine when it comes to fighting infection, but it turns out that fat might be just as important for removing parasitic invaders.

For the first time, a team visualizes sensory nerves projecting into adipose tissue in mice and finds these neuronal cells may counteract the local effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

A team of scientists has found that in mice, a cellular housekeeping pathway protects against a major cause of heart attacks and strokes.

Local heat therapy induces browning of adipose tissue in mice and humans, a study finds, suggesting it could help treat obesity—though some experts have reservations.

Vesicles containing fragments of the organelles released from stressed adipocytes protect the heart against oxygen deprivation, a study in mice shows.

Researchers identify a protein that promotes changes in adipose tissue in vitro and in pregnant mice and may help protect against gestational diabetes in humans.

Researchers propose a mechanism by which a protein produced in the placenta may trigger blood vessel growth and enlarge fat cells.

Paul Cohen of the Rockefeller University describes his study of thousands of people, finding that the energy-burning tissue is tied to a lower risk of for several diseases, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Far from being inert fat-storage depots within cells, these lipid-loaded organelles recruit immune proteins and block bacterial growth.

Men had better fat-burning results when they had breakfast after cycling instead of beforehand.

The diurnal cycles of the microbiome alter the activity of a protein produced by the host, and in turn guide histone acetylation, gene expression, and metabolic activity.

The decision may facilitate the agency cracking down more effectively on the unproven interventions these companies sell.

A new study reveals an unexpected role for the immune cells and a previously unknown mechanism for the wasting syndrome.

Researchers disentangle how adipocytes communicate with prostate tumors in mice.

Mice that lack p62 in their fat cells grow more tumors than animals that have a functioning version of the protein.

Belly fat helps fight infection, but is also a common site of metastasis.

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Hanging in front of the abdomen like an apron, the depot of visceral fat known as the omentum helps regulate immune responses.