Energy dissipation in brown adipose tissue: From mice to men

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 43-50

  Vosselman, Maarten J ^a   van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a   Schrauwen, Patrick ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beige adipocytes; Brown adipose tissue; Mitochondria; Obesity; Thermogenesis; UCP 1

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CAPSAICIN; EPHEDRINE; INSULIN; IRISIN; ISOPRENALINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

BEIGE ADIPOCYTES; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIA; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS; UCP-1;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84884531836     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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