The purpose of this study is to compare, in healthy women, the adipose tissue composition between abdomen and thigh and then determine whether differences exist independently of the state of obesity. The findings of this study may help to explain the mechanism contributing to a beneficial role of gluteo-femoral fat contrasting with a deleterious role of abdominal fat on cardiovascular and metabolic dysfunctions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Enrollment
20
Abdominal and gluteo-femoral subcutaneous adipose tissue biopsies
Centre d'Investigation Clinique, CHU Purpan
Toulouse, France
To compare the number and the phenotype of cells between abdominal and gluteo-femoral adipose tissue in women.
Time frame: There is no time frame. It's a comparison of adipose tissue composition between two locations, collected both at visit 2 (inclusion).
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