The presence of UCP1 demonstrates that metabolically active adipose tissue in the neck of adult humans truly represents brown adipose tissue

Cristina Zingaretti, Maria; Crosta, Francesca; Vitali, Alessandra; Guerrieri, Mario; Frontini, Andrea; Cannon, Barbara; Nedergaard, Jan; Cinti, Saverio

doi:10.1096/fj.09-133546

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The presence of UCP1 demonstrates that metabolically active adipose tissue in the neck of adult humans truly represents brown adipose tissue

Published in The FASEB Journal • May 5, 2009

Authors:

Maria Cristina Zingaretti

Francesca Crosta

Alessandra Vitali

Abstract

ABSTRACT Classically, adult humans have been considered not to possess active brown adipose tissue (BAT). However, positron‐emission‐tomography has shown fluorodeoxyglucose uptake that is distributed in such a way ( e.g. , in the neck) that it would seem to be BAT. Until now this has not been suppor...

Subject

Brown adipose tissue

Adipose tissue

White adipose tissue

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