Brown fat and browning for the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders

Diabetes and Metabolism Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-21

  Kim, So Hun ^a   Plutzky, Jorge ^b  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocytes, brown; Adipose tissue, brown; Beige adipocyte; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; NORADRENALIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; THYROID HORMONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; BEIGE ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 84959347316     PISSN: 22336079     EISSN: 22336087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2016.40.1.12     Document Type: Review

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