The implication of brown adipose tissue for humans

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue , 2011, Pages 33-47

  Ravussin, Eric ^a   Galgani, José E ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermogenesis; Mitochondria; Obesity; Proton leak; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME C; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PROTEIN P107; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 140; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; WNT10B PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MITOCHONDRIA; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 79960480409     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: 15454312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-072610-145209     Document Type: Review

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