The fat remembers: a scientific explanation to the yo-yo effect 🪀
@vonmeyennlab.bsky.social🧬 New in @Nature: Our team found that fat cells keep a “memory” of their previous obese state even after weight loss, helping explain why maintaining weight loss is so challenging. Excited to share this work!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss - Nature
Stable epigenetic changes indicate the existence of an obesogenic memory in mouse adipocytes that primes cells for pathological responses in an obesogenic environment and potentially contributes to th...