The current study was conducted to determine the effect of different α-tocopherol (vitamin E) inclusion levels on trans(t)-18:1 and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) profiles in subcutaneous and intramuscular fat of steers fed a barley-based diet. Fifty-six feedlot steers were offered a barley-based finisher diet (73% steam rolled barley, 22% barley silage and 5% supplement as-fed basis) with four...

Results A 16-week VLCD significantly reduced bodyweight, hepatic TG content, visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat and pericardial fat volumes to 78, 16, 40, 55 and 83%, respectively, of baseline values (all p<0.05). After an additional 14 months of follow-up on a regular diet, weight and hepatic TG content increased significantly to 90 and 73% of baseline values (P<0.05). After these 14 mont...

OBJECTIVE Fat grafting is used to improve the reconstructed breast. Local recurrences following mastectomy present as palpable subcutaneous nodules; fat necrosis/oil cysts, a sequelae of fat grafting, also present as subcutaneous nodules. Our objective was to examine the frequency and factors associated with fat necrosis in the postmastectomy reconstructed breast and propose an algorithm for ma...

Morel-Lavallée (ML) lesions occur when subcutaneous tissue is stripped from fascia and replaced with hematoma or necrotic fat. Encapsulated fat necrosis lesions, which are rare, can occur with disruption of the blood supply in the subcutaneous area, which occurs with ML lesions. In this article, we report the case of a professional ice hockey player with an ML lesion that caused a symptomatic e...

OBJECTIVES This study examines the hypothesis that lower adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity and a limited capacity for subcutaneous adipocyte expansion will be associated with metabolic syndrome (MSyn) in postmenopausal women who are overweight and obese. METHODS Women (N = 150; age 60 ± 1 year; BMI: 31.5 ± 0.3 kg m-2; mean ± standard errors of the means [SEM]) with and without ...

Study Design Retrospective study. Objectives To assess the fatty atrophy of the lumbar paraspinal muscles (LPMs) as determined using magnetic resonance imaging in patients with lumbar degenerative disk disease (DDD) and focal disk herniation and to determine if fatty atrophy is associated with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS). Methods One hundred sixty-five patients with lumbar DDD wer...

BACKGROUND The relation of body fat distribution to left ventricular (LV) structure and function is poorly defined. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 2710 participants without heart failure or LV dysfunction in the Dallas Heart Study underwent dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and MRI assessment of fat distribution, LV morphology, and hemodynamics. Cross-sectional associations of fat distribution...

Visceral adipocytes differ in various biochemical properties from adipocytes of subcutaneous origin. However, information on differences in gene expression between visceral and subcutaneous fat depots is limited. Expression of the genes for the nonmuscle and muscle isoforms of the actin-binding protein cofilin was examined in subcutaneous and visceral fat depots of mice, pigs, and cattle by sem...

Erratum After publication of the original article [1], it became apparent that the family and given names of the corresponding author had been inadvertently switched during production of the manuscript. Trevor Gaunt's name appears correctly in this erratum, and the author list in the original article has been updated. Fluid signal changes around the knee on MRI are associated with increased vol...