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November 2015 in “Journal of Lipid Research” Skin fat helps with body temperature control and has other active roles in health.
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November 2018 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Signals from skin cells controlled by Rac proteins help turn certain precursor cells into white fat cells.