Intra-Abdominal Fat

"Intra-Abdominal Fat" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Fatty tissue inside the ABDOMINAL CAVITY, including visceral fat and retroperitoneal fat. It is the most metabolically active fat in the body and easily accessible for LIPOLYSIS. Increased visceral fat is associated with metabolic complications of OBESITY.

Descriptor ID	D050152
MeSH Number(s)	A10.165.114.830.500.500
Concept/Terms	Intra-Abdominal Fat Intra-Abdominal Fat Fats, Intra-Abdominal Intra Abdominal Fat Intra-Abdominal Fats Fat, Intra-Abdominal Fat, Intra Abdominal Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Adipose Tissue, Intra-Abdominal Intra Abdominal Adipose Tissue Retroperitoneal Fat Retroperitoneal Fat Fat, Retroperitoneal Fats, Retroperitoneal Retroperitoneal Fats Retroperitoneal Adipose Tissue Adipose Tissue, Retroperitoneal Visceral Fat Visceral Fat Fat, Visceral Fats, Visceral Visceral Fats Abdominal Visceral Fat Abdominal Visceral Fats Fat, Abdominal Visceral Fats, Abdominal Visceral Visceral Adipose Tissue Adipose Tissue, Visceral

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Intra-Abdominal Fat".

Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Connective Tissue [A10.165]
Adipose Tissue [A10.165.114]
Adipose Tissue, White [A10.165.114.830]
Abdominal Fat [A10.165.114.830.500]
Intra-Abdominal Fat [A10.165.114.830.500.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Intra-Abdominal Fat".

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Bar chart showing 12 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2008 and 2013 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	2	0	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2017	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1

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Xu F, Earp JE, Blissmer BJ, Lofgren IE, Delmonico MJ, Greene GW. The Demographic Specific Abdominal Fat Composition and Distribution Trends in US Adults from 2011 to 2018. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 09 24; 19(19).

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Meredith-Jones K, Taylor R, Brown R, Cooke R, Vlietstra L, Manning P, Poulton R, Haszard J. Age- and sex-specific visceral fat reference cutoffs and their association with cardio-metabolic risk. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 04; 45(4):808-817.

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Pienta MJ, Zhang P, Derstine BA, Enchakalody B, Weir WB, Grenda T, Goulson R, Reddy RM, Chang AC, Wang SC, Lin J. Analytic Morphomics Predict Outcomes After Lung Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb; 105(2):399-405.

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Delivanis DA, Iñiguez-Ariza NM, Zeb MH, Moynagh MR, Takahashi N, McKenzie TJ, Thomas MA, Gogos C, Young WF, Bancos I, Kyriazopoulou V. Impact of hypercortisolism on skeletal muscle mass and adipose tissue mass in patients with adrenal adenomas. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2018 02; 88(2):209-216.

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Dobrian AD, Hatcher MA, Brotman JJ, Galkina EV, Taghavie-Moghadam P, Pei H, Haynes BA, Nadler JL. STAT4 contributes to adipose tissue inflammation and atherosclerosis. J Endocrinol. 2015 Oct; 227(1):13-24.

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Lieb DC, Brotman JJ, Hatcher MA, Aye MS, Cole BK, Haynes BA, Wohlgemuth SD, Fontana MA, Beydoun H, Nadler JL, Dobrian AD. Adipose tissue 12/15 lipoxygenase pathway in human obesity and diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Sep; 99(9):E1713-20.

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Neeland IJ, Gupta S, Ayers CR, Turer AT, Rame JE, Das SR, Berry JD, Khera A, McGuire DK, Vega GL, Grundy SM, de Lemos JA, Drazner MH. Relation of regional fat distribution to left ventricular structure and function. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Sep; 6(5):800-7.

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Muniyappa R, Sable S, Ouwerkerk R, Mari A, Gharib AM, Walter M, Courville A, Hall G, Chen KY, Volkow ND, Kunos G, Huestis MA, Skarulis MC. Metabolic effects of chronic cannabis smoking. Diabetes Care. 2013 Aug; 36(8):2415-22.

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Fain JN, Cheema P, Tichansky DS, Madan AK. Stimulation of human omental adipose tissue lipolysis by growth hormone plus dexamethasone. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Nov 25; 295(1-2):101-5.

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Muzumdar R, Allison DB, Huffman DM, Ma X, Atzmon G, Einstein FH, Fishman S, Poduval AD, McVei T, Keith SW, Barzilai N. Visceral adipose tissue modulates mammalian longevity. Aging Cell. 2008 Jun; 7(3):438-40.

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