Listening in on the Conversations of Fat Cells

Listening in on the Conversations of Fat Cells

Resilience

Your body is in constant dialogue with its own fat, and fat talks a lot.

Understanding those conversations and trying to get a word in edgewise is the focus of Duke Science and Technology scholar Rana Gupta, PhD, a professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and a member of the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute.

“Your fat tissue is not just an energy bank, it’s not just an energy furnace,” Gupta says in his Carmichael Building office overlooking the pickup lane at the Durham School of the Arts. “It’s a very talkative, chatty tissue and it's like an immunological organ.”

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Listening in on the Conversations of Fat Cells | Duke University School of Medicine
Rana Gupta, PhD, a professor of medicine and Duke Science and Technology Scholar, says fat is more than an energy bank: it's “a very talkative, chatty tissue,” and what it says can tell us a lot about how fat affects heart disease, diabetes and overall health.
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