Have we entered the brown adipose tissue renaissance?: Etiology and Pathophysiology

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-268

  Ravussin, E ^a   Kozak, L P ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Obesity; PRDM16

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPHEDRINE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDRM16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; OBESITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65349151258     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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