Brown fat determination and development from muscle precursor cells by novel action of bone morphogenetic protein 6.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays a pivotal role in promoting energy expenditure by the virtue of uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) that differentiates BAT from its energy storing white adipose tissue (WAT) counterpart. The clinical implication of "classical" BAT (originates from Myf5 positive m...

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Main Authors: Ankur Sharma, Christine Huard, Cecile Vernochet, Daniel Ziemek, Kelly M Knowlton, Edyta Tyminski, Theresa Paradis, Ying Zhang, Jessica E C Jones, David von Schack, Christopher T Brown, Patrice M Milos, Anthony J Coyle, Frederic Tremblay, Robert V Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962431?pdf=render