Presence of Brown Adipocytes in Retroperitoneal Fat From Patients With Benign Adrenal Tumors: Relationship With Outdoor Temperature
Author(s) -
Matthias Johannes Betz,
Marc Slawik,
Martin E. Lidell,
Andrea Oßwald,
Mikael Heglind,
Daniel Nilsson,
Urs Lichtenauer,
Brigitte Mauracher,
Thomas Mussack,
Felix Beuschlein,
Sven Enerbäck
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-3535
Subject(s) - brown adipose tissue , adipose tissue , thermogenin , medicine , endocrinology , adrenal gland , cohort , body mass index , obesity , phenotype , messenger rna , pathology , insulin resistance , biology , physiology , gene , biochemistry
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a metabolically highly active organ with increased thermogenic activity in rodents exposed to cold temperature. Recently its presence in the cervical adipose tissue of human adults and its association with a favorable metabolic phenotype have been reported.
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