A role of active brown adipose tissue in cancer cachexia?

Oncology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-94

  Beijer, Emiel ^a   Schoenmakers, Janna ^a   Vijgen, Guy ^a   Kessels, Fons ^a   Dingemans, Anne Marie ^a   Schrauwen, Patrick ^a   Wouters, Miel ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter ^a   Teule, Jaap ^a   Brans, Boudewijn ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Brown adipose tissue; Brown fat; Cachexia; Cancer; Energy expenditure; Thermogenesis; UCP 1

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOENERGY; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CACHEXIA; COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIET; DRUG UPTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE METABOLISM; TUMOR BIOPSY; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 84878659346     PISSN: 19705557     EISSN: 19705565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/oncol.2012.e11     Document Type: Review

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