Brown adipose tissue: Development, metabolism and beyond

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 453, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-178

  Schulz, Tim J ^a   Tseng, Yu Hua ^b,c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Brown adipose tissue; Obesity; Thermogenesis; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CD137 ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; WNT PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MESODERM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; STEM CELLS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84879590350     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20130457     Document Type: Review

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