Functional brown adipose tissue in healthy adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1518-1525

  Virtanen, Kirsi A ^a   Lidell, Martin E ^c   Orava, Janne ^a   Heglind, Mikael ^c   Westergren, Rickard ^c   Niemi, Tarja ^b   Taittonen, Markku ^b   Laine, Jukka ^b   Savisto, Nina Johanna ^a   Enerbäck, Sven ^c   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; IODOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UPREGULATION;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BIOPSY; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 64349123664     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0808949     Document Type: Article

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