Biology of brown adipose tissue: View from the chair

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue , 2010, Pages S3-S6

  Ricquier, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Brown adipose tissue; Mitochondria; Myocyte; Prdm16; Ucp1

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ANGIOGENESIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAT CONTENT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THERMOGENESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MUSCLE CELLS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 78449285314     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.176     Document Type: Article

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