Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Chronic stress, epigenetics, and adipose tissue metabolism in the obese state

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dc.creator Xiao, Yang
dc.creator Liu, Dongmin
dc.creator Cline, Mark A.
dc.creator Gilbert, Elizabeth R.
dc.date 2020-10-26T13:06:36Z
dc.date 2020-10-26T13:06:36Z
dc.date 2020-10-19
dc.date 2020-10-25T04:15:20Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:51:32Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:51:32Z
dc.identifier Nutrition & Metabolism. 2020 Oct 19;17(1):88
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100701
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-020-00513-4
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281521
dc.description In obesity, endocrine and metabolic perturbations, including those induced by chronic activation of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis, are associated with the accumulation of adipose tissue and inflammation. Such changes are attributable to a combination of genetic and epigenetic factors that are influenced by the environment and exacerbated by chronic activation of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis. Stress exposure at different life stages can alter adipose tissue metabolism directly through epigenetic modification or indirectly through the manipulation of hypothalamic appetite regulation, and thereby contribute to endocrine changes that further disrupt whole-body energy balance. This review synthesizes current knowledge, with an emphasis on human clinical trials, to describe metabolic changes in adipose tissue and associated endocrine, genetic and epigenetic changes in the obese state. In particular, we discuss epigenetic changes induced by stress exposure and their contribution to appetite and adipocyte dysfunction, which collectively promote the pathogenesis of obesity. Such knowledge is critical for providing future directions of metabolism research and targets for treating metabolic disorders.
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dc.language en
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.title Chronic stress, epigenetics, and adipose tissue metabolism in the obese state
dc.title Nutrition & Metabolism
dc.type Article - Refereed


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