Brown Adipose Tissue: A New Target for Antiobesity Therapy

BACKGROUND: Human fat consist of white and brown adipose tissue (WAT and BAT). Though most fat is energy-storing WAT, the thermogenic capacity of even small amounts of BAT makes it an attractive therapeutic target for inducing weight loss through energy expenditure. CONTENT: Over the past year, seve...

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Main Authors: Anna Meiliana, Andi Wijaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Secretariat of The Indonesian Biomedical Journal 2010-08-01
Series:Indonesian Biomedical Journal
Online Access:http://inabj.org/index.php/ibj/article/view/115