Recruitment of brown adipose tissue as a therapy for obesity-associated diseases

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Boss, Olivier ^a   Farmer, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a Energesis Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Brown adipose tissue; Human; Progenitors; Recruitment; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868131670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00014     Document Type: Review

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