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Brown adipose tissue activity as a target for the treatment of obesity/insulin resistance

Presence of brown adipose tissue (BAT), characterized by the expression of the thermogenic uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), has recently been described in adult humans. UCP1 is expressed in classical brown adipocytes, as well as in “beige cells” in white adipose tissue (WAT). The thermogenic activity of...

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Autores principales: Poher, Anne-Laure, Altirriba, Jordi, Veyrat-Durebex, Christelle, Rohner-Jeanrenaud, Françoise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688211
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2015.00004