The changed metabolic world with human brown adipose tissue: therapeutic visions.
review · Level V
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Abstract
That adult humans possess active brown adipose tissue potentially leads to a paradigm shift in the understanding of human metabolism and of obesity. Adaptive adrenergic thermogenesis in humans represents brown adipose tissue activity, the absence of which may contribute to middle-age obesity.
Medical subject headings
- Adipose Tissue, Brown
- Aging
- Energy Metabolism
- Ion Channels
- Mitochondrial Proteins
- Obesity
- Thermogenesis