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Estrogens increase expression of bone morphogenetic protein 8b in brown adipose tissue of mice
BACKGROUND: In mammals, white adipose tissue (WAT) stores fat and brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates fat to produce heat. Several studies showed that females have more active BAT. Members of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) families are expressed in BAT and...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392498/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-015-0025-y |