Origins and early development of the concept that brown adipose tissue thermogenesis is linked to energy balance and obesity

Biochimie

Volumn 134, Issue , 2017, Pages 62-70

  Trayhurn, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brown fat; Diet induced thermogenesis; Energy expenditure; GDP binding; Non shivering thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY;

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THERMOGENESIS; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84994728004     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.09.007     Document Type: Review

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