The changed metabolic world with human brown adipose tissue: therapeutic visions.

Nedergaard, Jan; Cannon, Barbara · Cell Metab · 2010

review · Level V

Where this comes from

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