Activation and recruitment of brown adipose tissue as anti-obesity regimens in humans

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-141

  Yoneshiro, Takeshi ^a   Saito, Masayuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beige brite adipocyte; Brown adipose tissue; Energy expenditure; Humans; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEIGE ADIPOCYTE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OBESITY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THERMOGENESIS; THERMORECEPTOR; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928114276     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2014.911595     Document Type: Article

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