Brown versus white adipose tissue: A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-23

  Saely, Christoph H ^a,b,c   Geiger, Kathrin ^b,c   Drexel, Heinz ^a,b,c,d  

^a Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch   (Austria)

^b Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment VIVIT   (Austria)

^c Private University   (Liechtenstein)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brown adipose tissue; Brown fat; White adipose tissue; White fat

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; CELL PROTEIN; FAT SPECIFIC DISRUPTION OF THE INSULIN RECEPTOR PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLYCOPROTEIN ELOVL3; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PRD1 BF1 RIZ1 HOMOLOGOUS DOMAIN CONTAINING 16 PROTEIN; PREADIPOCYTE FACTOR 1; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SIRTUIN 1; SIRTUIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXC4; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COLD EXPOSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESPAN; LIPOLYSIS; LIPOTOXICITY; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84155165144     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321319     Document Type: Review

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