"Adipose Tissue, Brown" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A thermogenic form of adipose tissue composed of BROWN ADIPOCYTES. It is found in newborns of many species including humans, and in hibernating mammals. Brown fat is richly vascularized, innervated, and densely packed with MITOCHONDRIA which can generate heat directly from the stored lipids.
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D002001
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.165.114.322
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adipose Tissue, Brown" by people in Profiles.
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Harrison DB, Phillips AL, Tansey JB, Clarke TJ, Wood CB, Nedzi L, Schwartz DL, Makowski L, Hayes DN, Newman G, Gleysteen JP. Brown Adipose Tissue Mimicking Head and Neck Cancer on PET Scan in a Patient on GLP-1 Drug. Laryngoscope. 2025 02; 135(2):741-743.
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Kim K, Im H, Son Y, Kim M, Tripathi SK, Jeong LS, Lee YH. Anti-obesity effects of the dual-active adenosine A2A/A3 receptor-ligand LJ-4378. Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 12; 46(12):2128-2136.
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Reilly SJ, Tillander V, Ofman R, Alexson SE, Hunt MC. The nudix hydrolase 7 is an Acyl-CoA diphosphatase involved in regulating peroxisomal coenzyme A homeostasis. J Biochem. 2008 Nov; 144(5):655-63.