Adipose tissue glycogen accumulation is associated with obesity-linked inflammation in humans

• Main Authors: Victòria Ceperuelo-Mallafré (Author), Miriam Ejarque (Author), Carolina Serena (Author), Xavier Duran (Author), Marta Montori-Grau (Author), Miguel Angel Rodríguez (Author), Oscar Yanes (Author), Catalina Núñez-Roa (Author), Kelly Roche (Author), Prasanth Puthanveetil (Author), Lourdes Garrido-Sánchez (Author), Enrique Saez (Author), Francisco J. Tinahones (Author), Pablo M. Garcia-Roves (Author), Anna Ma Gómez-Foix (Author), Alan R. Saltiel (Author), Joan Vendrell (Author), Sonia Fernández-Veledo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Glycogen metabolism has emerged as a mediator in the control of energy homeostasis and studies in murine models reveal that adipose tissue might contain glycogen stores. Here we investigated the physio(patho)logical role of glycogen in human adipose tissue in the context of obesity and in...