2009/04/08 by Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Joost W. Vanhommerig, Nanda M. Smulders +7 · 1 voice · 23 citations
Medicine · #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
paper · pdf · doi:10.1056/nejmoa0808718
The percentage of young men with brown adipose tissue is high, but its activity is reduced in men who are overweight or obese. Brown adipose tissue may be metabolically important in men, and the fact that it is reduced yet present in most overweight or obese subjects may make it a target for the treatment of obesity.