Table 3.

Knowledge gaps related to alcohol and adipose tissue

Alcohol and AdiposeTissue
Identification of initial insult to adipose tissue during ethanol exposure
Characterization of the impact of ethanol on different adipose depots
Confirmation that alcohol consumption influences adipose tissue metabolism in humans
Understanding the role of moderate vs. heavy alcohol consumption in adipose tissue
Quantifying the impact of ethanol on the adipose “secretome”; understand whether changes in adipokine release influence appetitive behaviors
Better understand the interaction between adipose tissue and liver in the development of ethanol-induced liver injury