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Results 1 - 10 of 13 for Increased adipose tissue
  1. Obesity and Cancer From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Cancer/Related Issues ... Cancer ... Obesity/Related Issues ... Obesity ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... A fact sheet that summarizes the ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../risk/obesity/obesity-fact-sheet - External Health Links
  2. Congenital generalized lipodystrophy 
    ... an overgrowth of muscle tissue. A lack of adipose tissue under the skin ... an increased amount of body hair (hirsutism), irregular menstrual periods, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../congenital-generalized-lipodystrophy - Genetics
  3. Familial partial lipodystrophy 
    ... condition characterized by an abnormal distribution of fatty (adipose) tissue. Adipose tissue is normally found in many parts of the ... provides cushioning. In people with familial partial lipodystrophy, adipose tissue is lost from the arms, legs, and hips, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/familial-partial-lipodystrophy - Genetics
  4. LMNA gene 
    ... condition characterized by an abnormal distribution of fatty (adipose) tissue in the body. Adipose tissue is lost from the arms, legs, and hips, ... adipocytes, which are the fat-storing cells in adipose tissue. The effects of LMNA gene mutations on adipocytes ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lmna - Genetics
  5. PIK3CA gene 
    ... Fibroadipose hyperplasia causes overgrowth of fibrous and fatty (adipose) tissues in various regions of the body, which leads ... syndrome has multiple features, including an overgrowth of adipose tissue in the abdomen that is often associated with ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/pik3ca - Genetics
  6. Proteus syndrome 
    ... Proteus syndrome. Blood vessels (vascular tissue) and fat (adipose tissue) can also grow abnormally in Proteus syndrome.Some ... growth, allowing it to grow and divide abnormally. Increased cell proliferation in various tissues and organs leads to the abnormal growth characteristic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/proteus-syndrome - Genetics
  7. CYP19A1 gene 
    ... In males, aromatase is most active in fat (adipose) tissue. In both males and females, estrogen plays a ... of androgens to estrogens takes place in multiple tissues. ... reduced levels of estrogen and increased levels of androgens. These abnormal hormone levels lead ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/cyp19a1 - Genetics
  8. Familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency 
    ... tiny blood vessels (capillaries) within muscles and fatty (adipose) tissue. This enzyme helps break down fats called triglycerides, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../familial-lipoprotein-lipase-deficiency - Genetics
  9. LPL gene 
    ... blood vessels (capillaries) within muscles and in fatty (adipose) tissue. Lipoprotein lipase plays a critical role in breaking ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lpl - Genetics
  10. C3 glomerulopathy 
    ... a condition characterized by a lack of fatty (adipose) tissue under the skin in the upper part of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/c3-glomerulopathy - Genetics
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