Molecular Regulation and Therapeutic Potential of Thermogenic Fat Cells

• Автор: Jun Wu (auth)
• Формат: Електронний ресурс Частина з книги
• Мова: Англійська
• Опубліковано: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Серія: Frontiers Research Topics
• Предмети: Obesity; Brown Fat; Energy Metabolism; adaptive thermogenesis; beige fat; metabolic disease
• Онлайн доступ: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Obesity has emerged as a major threat to public health in both the western and developing world. Essentially a disorder of energy balance, obesity occurs when energy intake and storage exceeds expenditure. Much of energy homeostasis depends on the activity and function of adipose tissue. Adipocytes...