The Browning of White Adipose Tissue: Some Burning Issues

    August 2014 in “ Cell metabolism ”
    Jan Nedergaard, Barbara Cannon
    Studysummary This perspective suggests that browning agents may not directly enhance UCP1 expression in white adipose tissue but instead induce browning through increased heat loss, prompting thermogenesis to compensate.
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