Morphological and immunohistochemical features of brown adipocytes and preadipocytes in a case of human hibernoma

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 567-574

  Manieri, M ^a   Murano, I ^a   Fianchini, A ^a   Brunelli, A ^b   Cinti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown adipocytes; Brown fat; Hibernoma; Human; Preadipocytes

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; LIPOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 77956783846     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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