Enhanced fatty acid uptake in visceral adipose tissue is not reversed by weight loss in obese individuals with the metabolic syndrome

: Marco Bucci, Anna C. Karmi, Patricia Iozzo, Barbara A. Fielding, Antti Viljanen, Robert M. Badeau, Ronald Borra, Virva Saunavaara, Tam Pham, Jarna C. Hannukainen, Kari Kalliokoski, Merja Haaparanta-Solin, Tapio Viljanen, Riitta Parkkola, Keith N. Frayn, Pirjo Nuutila

Publisher: SPRINGER

: 2015

: Diabetologia

: DIABETOLOGIA

: 58

: 1

: 158

: 164

: 7

: 0012-186X

: 1432-0428

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-014-3402-x

Conclusions/interpretation The data demonstrate that weight loss caused by VLCD does not affect abdominal fasting NEFA uptake rates. We found that visceral fat takes up more NEFAs than subcutaneous AT depots, even after weight loss.