Brown adipose tissue in humans: Therapeutic potential to combat obesity

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-33

  Carey, Andrew L ^a   Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermogenesis; BAT; Beige adipose; Brite; Brown adipose; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD STRESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; LIPID STORAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADAPTIVE THERMOGENESIS; BAT; BEIGE ADIPOSE; BRITE; BROWN ADIPOSE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CBAT; CLASSICAL BAT; FDG; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; OBESITY; PET-CT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; UCP-1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN-1; WAT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84883792727     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: 1879016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2013.05.009     Document Type: Review

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