Mechanism Underlying Tissue Cryotherapy to Combat Obesity/Overweight: Triggering Thermogenesis

Background. Local adipose tissue (AT) cooling is used to manage obesity and overweight, but the mechanism is unclear. The current view is that acute local cooling of AT induces adipocyte cell disruption and inflammation ("cryolipolysis") that lead to adipocyte cell death, with loss of subc...

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Main Authors: Suvaddhana Loap (Author), Richard Lathe (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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