Brown adipose tissue and glucose homeostasis – the link between climate change and the global rise in obesity and diabetes
There is increasing evidence that the global rise in temperature is contributing to the onset of diabetes, which could be mediated by a concomitant reduction in brown fat activity. Brown (and beige) fat are characterised as possessing a unique mitochondrial protein uncoupling protein (UCP)1 that whe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Adipocyte |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21623945.2018.1551689 |