Glucagon increases energy expenditure independently of brown adipose tissue activation in humans

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 72-81

  Salem, V ^a   Izzi Engbeaya, C ^a   Coello, C ^a   Thomas, D B ^b   Chambers, E S ^a   Comninos, A N ^a   Buckley, A ^a   Win, Z ^c   Al Nahhas, A ^c   Rabiner, E A ^a,e   Gunn, R N ^a,b   Budge, H ^d   Symonds, M E ^d   Bloom, S R ^a   Tan, T M ^a   Dhillo, W S ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Energy expenditure; Glucagon; Human brown adipose tissue; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCAGON; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGRAPHY; COLD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; THERMOGENESIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCAGON; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THERMOGENESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955210967     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dom.12585     Document Type: Article

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