Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans

M. Cypess, Aaron; Lehman, Sanaz; Williams, Gethin; Ilan, Ṭal; Rodman, Dean; B. Goldfine, Allison; C. Kuo, Frank; L. Palmer, Edwin; Tseng, Yu‐Hua; Doria, Alessandro; M. Kolodny, Gerald; Ronald Kahn, C.

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0810780

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Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 8, 2009

Authors:

Aaron M. Cypess

Sanaz Lehman

Gethin Williams

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. In rodents and newborn humans, brown adipose tissue helps regulate energy expenditure by thermogenesis mediated by the expression of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), but brown adipose tissue has been considered to have ...

Subject

Identification (biology)

Adipose tissue

Brown adipose tissue

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