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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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Autores principales: Grefhorst, Aldo, van den Beukel, Johanna C, van Houten, E Leonie AF, Steenbergen, Jacobie, Visser, Jenny A, Themmen, Axel PN
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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