Endocrine Abstracts

The activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT), the primary organ for adaptive heat production, confers beneficial effects on adiposity, insulin resistance, and hyperlipidaemia. Recent findings indicate that BAT in human adults might consist not only of classical brown adipocytes but also inducible brown adipocytes (also called beige or brite adipocytes), which are phenotypically distinct from both white and brown adipocytes. However, it remains unclear whether these beige adipo...