Brown adipose tissue: A potential target in the fight against obesity and the metabolic syndrome

Clinical Science

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 933-949

  Poekes, Laurence ^a   Lanthier, Nicolas ^a,b   Leclercq, Isabelle A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptor; Brown adipose tissue; Browning; Diabetes; Obesity; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT MASS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THERMOGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE METABOLISM; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; DRUG DESIGN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84952057034     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: 14708736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20150339     Document Type: Review

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