Genetic backgrounds determine brown remodeling of white fat in rodents

• Main Authors: Giulia Ferrannini (Author), Maria Namwanje (Author), Bin Fang (Author), Manashree Damle (Author), Dylan Li (Author), Qiongming Liu (Author), Mitchell A. Lazar (Author), Li Qiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Genetic background largely contributes to the complexity of metabolic responses and dysfunctions. Induction of brown adipose features in white fat, known as brown remodeling, has been appreciated as a promising strategy to offset the positive energy balance in obesity and further to impro...