Acute and chronic cold exposure differentially affects the browning of porcine white adipose tissue

Piglets are characteristically cold intolerant and thus susceptible to high mortality. However, browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) can induce non-shivering thermogenesis as a potential strategy to facilitate the animal’s response to cold. Whether cold exposure can induce browning of subcutaneous...

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Main Authors: Y. Gao, N.R. Qimuge, J. Qin, R. Cai, X. Li, G.Y. Chu, W.J. Pang, G.S. Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731117002981