Weight Cycling Enhances Adipose Tissue Inflammatory Responses in Male Mice

Sandra Barbosa-da-Silva; Julio C. Fraulob-Aquino; Jessica R. Lopes; Carlos A. Mandarim-de-Lacerda; Marcia B. Aguila

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039837

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Weight Cycling Enhances Adipose Tissue Inflammatory Responses in Male Mice

Sandra Barbosa-da-Silva,

Affiliation Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Julio C. Fraulob-Aquino,

Affiliation Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Jessica R. Lopes,

Affiliation Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Carlos A. Mandarim-de-Lacerda,

Affiliation Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Marcia B. Aguila

* E-mail: mbaguila@uerj.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Weight Cycling Enhances Adipose Tissue Inflammatory Responses in Male Mice

Sandra Barbosa-da-Silva,
Julio C. Fraulob-Aquino,
Jessica R. Lopes,
Carlos A. Mandarim-de-Lacerda,
Marcia B. Aguila

Published: July 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039837

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Original study.

Posted by sandrabarbosasilva on 30 Aug 2012 at 18:45 GMT

This work addresses a topic of study original and current, relevant because of the growing epidemic of obesity and the various attempts that obese individual undergoes weight loss, not always successfully. The experimental design presents well defined and mimicking weight cycling, what happens in humans in a rodent model.

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