Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans Is Activated by Elevated Plasma Catecholamines Levels and Is Inversely Related to Central Obesity

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that adult human possess active brown adipose tissue (BAT), which might be important in controlling obesity. It is known that ß-adrenoceptor-UCP1 system regulates BAT in rodent, but its influence in adult humans remains to be shown. The present study is to deter...

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Autores principales: Wang, Qidi, Zhang, Min, Ning, Guang, Gu, Weiqiong, Su, Tingwei, Xu, Min, Li, Biao, Wang, Weiqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021006

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