Human brown adipose tissue: What we have learned so far

Diabetes

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2352-2360

  Betz, Matthias J ^a   Enerbäck, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TARGETING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ADULT; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; PRDM16 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84946611387     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db15-0146     Document Type: Article

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