Brown adipose tissue: The molecular mechanism of its formation

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-171

  Wolf, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Brown adipose tissue; PRDM16; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PRDM 16 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PRDM16 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRDM16 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; BIOGENESIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIA; THERMOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65649131865     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00184.x     Document Type: Review

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