Invited review: Pre- and postnatal adipose tissue development in farm animals: from stem cells to adipocyte physiology
Both white and brown adipose tissues are recognized to be differently involved in energy metabolism and are also able to secrete a variety of factors called adipokines that are involved in a wide range of physiological and metabolic functions. Brown adipose tissue is predominant around birth, except...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116000872 |