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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |