Adipose Tissue: Development, Anatomy and Functions

Obesity: Science to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-108

  Langin, Dominique ^c   Frühbeck, Gema ^a   Frayn, Keith N ^b   Lafontan, Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adipocytes derived from mesenchymal stem cells; Adipose tissue development, anatomy and functions; Bone morphogenetic protein important in the development of brown adipocytes; Brown adipose tissue (BAT) adapted for heat production; Leptin protein expressed by white adipocytes; Lipogenesis; Lipolysis; Pericytes cells that surround the endothelium tubes of the microvasculature; White adipose tissue loose connective tissue

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957705175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712221.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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