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ea0026s1.1 | Keep cool, lose weight: brown fat and energy metabolism | ECE2011
Brown adipocytes and energy homeostasis in mice
Adipose tissue can be subdivided into two distinct categories of fat cells: white adipocytes are specialized for the storage of chemical energy such as triglycerides, and under conditions of obesity white adipose tissue is characterized by tissue inflammation and energy overload.In contrast, brown adipocytes dissipate energy in the form of heat (thermogenesis) by uncoupling of the mitochondrial electron transport chain from ATP formation through the spec...
Endocrine Abstracts
ISSN 1470-3947 (print) | ISSN 1479-6848 (online)
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