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Recent progress in the study of brown adipose tissue

Brown adipose tissue in mammals plays a critical role in maintaining energy balance by thermogenesis, which means dissipating energy in the form of heat. It is held that in mammals, long-term surplus food intake results in energy storage in the form of triglyceride and may eventually lead to obesity...

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Autores principales: Yao, Xuan, Shan, Shifang, Zhang, Ying, Ying, Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22035495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2045-3701-1-35