Developmental biology: Neither fat nor flesh
Abstract
In mammals, white adipose tissue stores fat, whereas brown adipose tissue burns fat. Brown adipocytes have a common origin with muscle cells, which could help explain their unusual function.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- August 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1038/454947a
- Bibcode:
- 2008Natur.454..947C