Divergent effects of a designer natriuretic peptide CD-NP in the regulation of adipose tissue and metabolism

• Main Authors: Anja Glöde (Author), Jennifer Naumann (Author), Thorsten Gnad (Author), Valentina Cannone (Author), Ana Kilic (Author), John C. Burnett, Jr (Author), Alexander Pfeifer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Obesity is defined as an abnormal increase in white adipose tissue (WAT) and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy and correlates with leanness. Natriuretic peptides have been shown to be beneficial for brown ad...