Exposure to cold reveals ‘switch’ that controls formation of brown, white fat

5 enero 2015

The roles that white fat and brown fat play in metabolism is well documented, but new research presents a new wrinkle: each type of fat may change into the other, depending on the temperature. In particular, cold temperatures may encourage ‘unhealthy’ white fat to change into ‘healthy’ brown fat.
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