Conversion from white to brown adipocytes: A strategy for the control of fat mass?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 439-441

  Tiraby, Claire ^a   Langin, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY FAT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0344738018     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2003.10.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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