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ReviewCurrent opinion in lipidology2016

Dietary cholesterol effects on adipose tissue inflammation.

Soonkyu Chung, John S Parks

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Review in Current opinion in lipidology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Response of Primary Human Adipocytes to Fatty Acid Treatment.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
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  19. 3D Adipose Tissue Culture Links the Organotypic Microenvironment to Improved Adipogenesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soonkyu ChungaDepartment of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA bDepartments of Internal Medicine/Molecular Medicine cBiochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
John S Parks
GTx (United States) · USUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

Funding

Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001420 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARD, JAMY D, FOLEY, KRISTIE L · 2015 to 2023
$32.3M
The Role of Hepatocyte ABCA1 in Lipid Mobilization and TransportR01HL119962 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PARKS, JOHN S · 2013 to 2022
$3.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001420NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119962
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAdipose tissue is a critical endocrine and immunological organ that regulates systemic energy homeostasis. During the pathogenesis of obesity, adipocyte hypertrophy is accompanied by adipose tissue inflammation, impeding insulin sensitivity and endocrine function of adipose tissue and other tissues. Adipocyte cholesterol accumulates in proportion to triglyceride as adipocytes undergo hypertrophy. Recent studies suggest that dietary cholesterol contributes to increased adipocyte cholesterol. However, how dietary cholesterol accumulates in adipocytes and its metabolic consequences are poorly understood. This review summarizes recent advances in knowledge of adipocyte cholesterol balance and highlights the emerging role of dietary cholesterol in adipose tissue cholesterol balance, inflammation, and systemic energy metabolism. RECENT

findingsPerturbation of cholesterol balance in adipocytes alters intracellular cholesterol distribution and modulates adipocyte insulin and proinflammatory signaling. Adipocyte cholesterol levels are maintained by a balance between dietary cholesterol uptake from triglyceride-enriched lipoproteins and cellular cholesterol efflux to HDL. Recent animal studies established a critical role for dietary cholesterol in promoting adipose tissue inflammation, thereby worsening obesity-mediated metabolic complications. SUMMARY: Recent studies identified high dietary cholesterol as a potentiator of adipose tissue inflammation and dysfunction. Reducing excessive dietary cholesterol intake is suggested as a simple, but novel, way to attenuate obesity-associated metabolic diseases.

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Adipose TissueAnimalsCholesterol, DietaryHumansInflammationObesityCholesterol, Dietary

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PMID26655292
PMCPMC4703484
OpenAlexW2397981363

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