The capacity for oestrogen to influence obesity through brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in animal models: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

• Main Authors: Will Sievers (Author), Joseph A. Rathner (Author), Christine Kettle (Author), Anita Zacharias (Author), Helen R. Irving (Author), Rodney A. Green (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary Pharmacological interventions to aid weight loss have historically targeted either appetite suppression or increased metabolic rate. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) possesses the capacity to expend energy in a futile cycle, thus increasing basal metabolic rate. In animal models, oestrogen has bee...