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Aging leads to a programmed loss of brown adipocytes in murine subcutaneous white adipose tissue.
Aging cell - 1 Dec 2012
Rogers Nicole H, Landa Alejandro, Park Seongjoon, Smith Roy G
Abstract excerpt
Insulin sensitivity deteriorates with age, but mechanisms remain unclear. Age-related changes in the function of subcutaneous white adipose tissue (sWAT) are less characterized than those in visceral WAT. We hypothesized that metabolic alterations in sWAT, which in contrast to epididymal WAT, harbors a subpopulation of energy-dissipating UCP1+ brown adipocytes, promote age-dependent progression toward insulin...
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