White, brown and pink adipocytes: The extraordinary plasticity of the adipose organ

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Giordano, Antonio ^a   Smorlesi, Arianna ^a   Frontini, Andrea ^a   Barbatelli, Giorgio ^a   Cint, Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FAT DROPLET; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY BALANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PINK ADIPOCYTE; PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WARMING; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PIGMENTATION; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 84899759104     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-13-0945     Document Type: Review

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