Relationships between rodent white adipose fat pads and human white adipose fat depots
The objective of this review was to compare and contrast the physiological and metabolic profiles of rodent white adipose fat pads with white adipose fat depots in humans. Human fat distribution and its metabolic consequences have received extensive attention, but much of what has been tested in tra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Nutrition |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnut.2016.00010/full |