Mitochondria in White, Brown, and Beige Adipocytes

• Main Authors: Miroslava Cedikova (Author), Michaela Kripnerová (Author), Jana Dvorakova (Author), Pavel Pitule (Author), Martina Grundmanova (Author), Vaclav Babuska (Author), Dana Mullerova (Author), Jitka Kuncova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mitochondria play a key role in energy metabolism in many tissues, including cardiac and skeletal muscle, brain, liver, and adipose tissue. Three types of adipose depots can be identified in mammals, commonly classified according to their colour appearance: the white (WAT), the brown (BAT), and the...