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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Secretariat of The Indonesian Biomedical Journal
2010-08-01
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Series: | Indonesian Biomedical Journal |
Online Access: | http://inabj.org/index.php/ibj/article/view/115 |