Brown adipose tissue and its therapeutic potential

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 364-377

  Lidell, M E ^a,b   Betz, M J ^a,b   Enerback S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beige adipocytes; Brown adipocytes; Brown adipose tissue; Energy expenditure; Obesity

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; 5 [2 [[2 (3 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXYETHYL]AMINO]PROPYL] 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE 2,2 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 8B; FATTY ACID; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; N [4 [2 [[2 HYDROXY 2 (3 PYRIDINYL)ETHYL]AMINO]ETHYL]PHENYL] 4 [4 [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 2 THIAZOLYL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; NORADRENALIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 16; HORMONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORMONES; HUMANS; OBESITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84922391798     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12255     Document Type: Review

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