Brown Fat and the Myth of Diet-Induced Thermogenesis

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• 作者：Leslie P. Kozak
• 刊名：Cell Metabolism
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：7 April 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：11
• 期：4
• 页码：263-267
• 全文大小：256 K

文摘

The notion that brown adipose tissue (BAT) in mice or humans maintains energy balance by burning off excess calories seems incompatible with evolutionary biology. Studies in obese rats and mice lacking UCP1 indicate that diet-induced thermogenesis by BAT is unlikely.