Shades of Brown: A Model for Thermogenic Fat

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is specialized to burn fuels to perform thermogenesis in defense of body temperature against cold. Recent discovery of metabolically active and relevant amounts of BAT in adult humans have made it a potentially attractive target for development of anti-obesity therapeutics...

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Main Authors: Jon Michael Dempersmier, Hei Sook eSul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2015.00071/full

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