Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Obesity is a chronic disease associated with a positive energy balance leading to lipotoxicity, which contributes to the onset of obesity-associated metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. It’s well known that thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and “browning” of white AT (WAT) increase energy expenditure, thus promoting weight loss and protect against obesity. Recently, the microRNAs (miRNAs) that regulate...