Traveling from the hypothalamus to the adipose tissue: The thermogenic pathway
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized tissue critical for non-shivering thermogenesis producing heat through mitochondrial uncoupling; whereas white adipose tissue (WAT) is responsible of energy storage in the form of triglycerides. Another type of fat has been described, the beige adipose tis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Redox Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231717301568 |