Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance
Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance
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Bartelt, Alexander , Bruns, Oliver T , Reimer, Rudolph , Hohenberg, Heinz , Ittrich, Harald , Peldschus, Kersten , Kaul, Michael G , Tromsdorf, Ulrich I , Weller, Horst , Waurisch, Christian , Eychmüller, Alexander , Gordts, Philip L S M , Rinninger, Franz , Bruegelmann, Karoline , Freund, Barbara , Nielsen, Peter , Merkel, Martin and Heeren, Joerg
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New York: Nature Publishing Group US
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Elevated triglyceride levels often occur in obesity and can contribute to cardiovascular disease. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is known to burn fat, and now Joerg Heeren and his colleagues show that BAT actively takes up triglycerides in cold conditions, suggesting a possible therapy to lower triglyceride levels in states of obesity.
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Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance
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Author / Creator
Bruns, Oliver T
Reimer, Rudolph
Hohenberg, Heinz
Ittrich, Harald
Peldschus, Kersten
Kaul, Michael G
Tromsdorf, Ulrich I
Weller, Horst
Waurisch, Christian
Eychmüller, Alexander
Gordts, Philip L S M
Rinninger, Franz
Bruegelmann, Karoline
Freund, Barbara
Nielsen, Peter
Merkel, Martin
Heeren, Joerg
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_850559437
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_850559437
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1078-8956
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1546-170X
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10.1038/nm.2297
