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Brown Adipose Tissue

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  • © 2019

Overview

  • Illustrates the complex process of brown adipogenesis
  • Reviews exhaustively the key features of brown fat
  • Broadens your understanding of metabolic disease and energy expenditure by adipose tissue

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 251)

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The main focus of this book is on brown adipose tissue and its metabolic function. The book provides a timely update on the latest research and shows where the field is heading. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy and has received considerable attention in the last few years, having been re-discovered in adult humans in 2007/9. Moreover, BAT might offer a target for novel therapies to address obesity, a health condition that has reached pandemic dimensions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Alexander Pfeifer

  • Institute of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, TU München, Freising, Germany

    Martin Klingenspor

  • Institute for Diabetes and Cancer IDC, Helmholtz Center München, Neuherberg, Germany

    Stephan Herzig

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