Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Active, not recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
30

Summary

Conditions
  • Adipose Tissue
  • Metabolic Disease
Type
Interventional
Phase
Not Applicable
Design
Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 18 years and 40 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

Fat tissue is far more than just a place where humans store body fat. Fat tissue contains many different types of cells, such as immune cells, endothelial cells, and fat precursor cells. Differences or changes in the number of immune cells, endothelial cells, and fat precursor cells in fat tissue ca...

Fat tissue is far more than just a place where humans store body fat. Fat tissue contains many different types of cells, such as immune cells, endothelial cells, and fat precursor cells. Differences or changes in the number of immune cells, endothelial cells, and fat precursor cells in fat tissue can have a great impact on metabolic health. The abundance of all immune cells, endothelial cells, and fat precursor cell types are known to change when a person loses or gains weight. For example, the abundance of inflammatory cells is often found to decrease markedly with weight loss - and this change has been linked to the profound improvements in metabolic health that occur with weight loss. In contrast, the effects of exercise on immune cells, endothelial cells, and fat precursor cells in fat tissue is not known. Determining the effects of exercise on changes in the cellular composition within fat tissue will provide important information for optimizing lifestyle interventions aimed at improving metabolic health.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT03314506
Collaborators
Not Provided
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey F Horowitz University of Michigan