Adrenergic regulation of cellular plasticity in brown, beige/brite and white adipose tissues

Adipocyte

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 119-129

  Ramseyer, Vanesa D ^a   Granneman, James G ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

energy metabolism; gonadal adipose tissue; inguinal adipose tissue; innervation; multilocular; PDGFR ; PGC1 ; sympathetic nervous system; thermogenesis; UCP1

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLD STRESS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 85015169776     PISSN: 21623945     EISSN: 2162397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21623945.2016.1145846     Document Type: Review

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