THE VERSATILITY OF ADIPOSE TISSUE
Authors: H. J. L. M.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Editorial1 January 1950THE VERSATILITY OF ADIPOSE TISSUEH. J. L. M.H. J. L. M.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-1-162 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFat is rather firmly associated, in the scientific as well as the lay mind, with a striking absence of activity. As indolence is an accepted attribute of the fat citizen, so tissue fat is regarded as metabolically lazy. But this view is no longer tenable in the light of recent findings. It has become clear that adipose tissue is an organ of many functions. Indeed, the fat is in the metabolic fire.Adipose tissue is too often regarded merely as a specialized form of connective tissue, although, as long ago as 1870, Toldt stated that the fatty tissue of mammals...1 Evans CL: Starling's Principles of Human Physiology, 10th Edition, 1949, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 940. Google Scholar2 GershStill IMA: Blood vessels in fat tissue; relation to problems of gas exchange, J. Exper. Med. 81: 219, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 Wells HG: Adipose tissue, a neglected subject, J. A. M. A. 104: 2177, 2284, 1940. Google Scholar4 Portis B: Role of omentum of rabbits, dogs, and guinea-pigs in antibody production, J. Infect. Dis. 34: 159, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 McCullough AW: Evidence of macrophagal origin of adipose cells in white rat as shown by studies on starved animals, J. Morphol. 75: 193, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 Bremer JL: Protoplasmic film of fat cell, wall of pulmonary alveolus, and renal glomerulus, Anat. Rec. 70: 263, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 ShapiroWertheimer BE: Fatty acid dehydrogenase in adipose tissue, Biochem. J. 37: 102, 1943. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8 Hilditch TP: The chemical constitution of natural fats, 1941, Chapman and Hall, London, p. 278. Google Scholar9 ShapiroWertheimer BE: Synthesis of fatty acids in adipose tissue in vitro, J. Biol. Chem. 173: 725, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10 TuerkischerWertheimer EE: Glycogen and adipose tissue, J. Physiol. 100: 385, 1942. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11 Mirski A: Metabolism of adipose tissue in vitro, Biochem. J. 36: 232, 1942. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12 Hausberger FX: Über die Veranderung des Gehaltes an diastatischem Ferment im entnervten Fettgewebe, Ztschr. f. d. ges. exper. Med. 102: 169, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 Conn JW: Obesity; etiological aspects, Physiol. Rev., 24: 31, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 Brobeck JR: Mechanism of development of obesity in animals with hypothalamic lesions, Physiol. Rev. 26: 541, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15 WertheimerShapiro EB: The physiology of adipose tissue, Physiol. Rev. 28: 451, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16 BarrettBestRidout HMCHJH: Study of source of liver fat using deuterium as indicator, J. Physiol. 93: 367, 1938. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17 StettenSalcedo DJ: The source of the extra liver fat in various types of fatty liver, J. Biol. Chem. 156: 27, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 Reiss M: Lactogenic hormone and fat metabolism, Endocrinology 40: 294, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar19 Wertheimer E: Glycogen in adipose tissue, J. Physiol. 103: 359, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20 TuerkischerWertheimer EE: Factors influencing deposition of glycogen in adipose tissue of rat, J. Physiol. 104: 361, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21 McBryde CM: in Cecil's Textbook of Medicine, 7th Edition, 1947, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 719. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe metabolism of adipose tissue utilizing neotetrazolium“Simple” Obesity: A Current ReviewA Reorientation on ObesityAn Alternate Approach toTHE PROBLEM OF OBESITYStoffwechselprobleme der Fettsucht 1 January 1950Volume 32, Issue 1Page: 162-166KeywordsAdipose tissueConnective tissueFats ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...