Control of brown and beige fat development

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 691-702

  Wang, Wenshan ^a   Seale, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD137 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; Y BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BEIGE FAT; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLD EXPOSURE; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE EXPANSION; VASCULARIZATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BEIGE ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BEIGE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84983416317     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.96     Document Type: Review

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