ADAPTIVE THERMOGENESIS - TURNING ON THE HEAT

Authors
LOWELL BB
Citation
Bb. Lowell, ADAPTIVE THERMOGENESIS - TURNING ON THE HEAT, Current biology, 8(15), 1998, pp. 517-520
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
8
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
517 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1998)8:15<517:AT-TOT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Brown adipocytes play important roles in the regulation of fat storage and body temperature, by virtue of their ability to uncouple mitochon drial fuel oxidation and ATP synthesis. The discovery of a tissue-spec ific transcriptional coactivator provides new insights into the regula tion of thermogenesis by brown adipocytes.