Brown Fat and the Myth of Diet-induced Thermogenesis

Overview

Journal Cell Metab

Publisher Cell Press

Specialties Cell Biology
Endocrinology

Date 2010 Apr 9

PMID 20374958

Citations 102

Authors

Leslie P Kozak

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Abstract

The notion that brown adipose tissue (BAT) in mice or humans maintains energy balance by burning off excess calories seems incompatible with evolutionary biology. Studies in obese rats and mice lacking UCP1 indicate that diet-induced thermogenesis by BAT is unlikely.

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