adipose tissue stores energy passively, and also acts as an endocrine organ secreting multiple biological activity factors.
脂肪组织不仅是被动的能量储存器官,也是能分泌多种生物活性因子的内分泌器官。
adipose tissue participate in the regulation of energy homeostasis as an important endocrine organ that secretes a number of biologically active 「adipokines」.
脂肪组织参与能量代谢的调节,并作为一个重要的内分泌器官分泌大量的脂肪因子。
increasingly, our understanding of the adipocyte as an endocrine organ is leading to new insights into obesity and health.
我们对脂肪细胞作为一个内分泌器官在肥胖及健康方面的作用的认识正朝着一个新的观念进展。
fat organ is not only considered as energy tissue; but also a endocrine organ which excretes many cytokines.