Between brown and white: Novel aspects of adipocyte differentiation

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-115

  Cinti, Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; brown; diabetes; differentiation; obesity; transdifferentiation; white

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; NORADRENALIN; PERILIPIN; PROTEIN S 100; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL VACUOLE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPOLYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 79951560291     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.535557     Document Type: Article

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