The different shades of fat

Nature

Volumn 510, Issue 7503, 2014, Pages 76-83

  Peirce, Vivian ^a   Carobbio, Stefania ^a,b   Vidal Puig, Antonio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT; METABOLISM;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; EMBRYO CELL; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; OBESITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84901929133     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13477     Document Type: Review

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