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Molecular determinants of brown adipocyte formation and function.

Genes & development - 15 May 2008

Farmer Stephen R

Abstract excerpt

Humans contain essentially two types of adipose tissue: brown adipose tissue (BAT) and white adipose tissue (WAT). The function of WAT is to store fat while that of BAT is to burn fat for heat production. A potential strategy to combat obesity and its related disorders is to induce the conversion of WAT into BAT. In this issue of Genes & Development, Kajimura and colleagues (pp. 1397-1409) have identified a...

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PMID: 18483216
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1681308
PMCID: PMC2732411

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PRDM16
PGC

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