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Blunted metabolic responses to cold and insulin stimulation in brown adipose tissue of obese humans

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2013

Year

Janne Orava, Pirjo Nuutila, Tommi Noponen, Riitta Parkkola, Tapio Viljanen, Sven Enerbäck, Aila Rissanen, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Kirsi A. Virtanen
Obesity

Abstract

The effects of cold and insulin on BAT activity are severely blunted in obesity, and the presence of detectable BAT may contribute to a metabolically healthy status.

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