Brown fat and skeletal muscle: unlikely cousins?
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Abstract
Although the functions of white fat and brown fat are increasingly well understood, their developmental origins remain unclear. A recent study published in Nature (Seale et al., 2008) identifies a population of progenitor cells that gives rise to brown fat and skeletal muscle but not white fat.
Medical subject headings
- Adipose Tissue, Brown
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Stem Cells