Brown fat: How cells generate heat by burning calories
Special fat cells known as brown adipocytes help maintain body temperature by converting calorie-rich nutrients into heat.
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Study reveals brown fat's built-in mechanism and potential obesity treatment
Brown fat, also known as brown adipose tissue ... from the University of Southern Denmark/the Novo Nordisk Center for Adipocyte Signaling (Adiposign) and Dagmar Wachten from the University ...
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Engineered Adipocytes Target Tumor Growth in Cancer Models
A new approach that used CRISPR to engineer adipocytes and implant them in mice models of cancer reduced cancer progression.
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Bile acids regulate energy homeostasis via a thyroid-hormone-signaling pathway
In both human muscle cells and mouse brown adipocytes, bile acids increased D2 activity and oxygen consumption by binding to the G-protein-coupled receptor TGR5, causing cyclic AMP levels to rise.