Stimulating brown fat: A potential future therapeutic approach for obesity and insulin resistance?

Heart and Metabolism

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Butler, Peter W ^a   Mentuccia, Daniela ^a,b   Celi, Francesco Saverio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UOC di Endocrinologia Ospedale SG Calibita Fatebenefratelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermogenesis; Brown adipose tissue; Deiodinase; Insulin resistance; Obesity; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BILE ACID; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRIIODOTHYRONINE DERIVATIVE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANXIETY; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 78751479885     PISSN: 15660338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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