Non-pharmacological and pharmacological strategies of brown adipose tissue recruitment in humans

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 418, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-190

  Lee, Paul ^a,b   Greenfield, Jerry R ^a,b  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beige adipose tissue; Energy balance; FGF21; Irisin; Metabolism; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; PIOGLITAZONE; ROSIGLITAZONE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; FIBRONECTIN; FNDC5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADIPOGENESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TISSUE METABOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84945221434     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.05.025     Document Type: Review

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