Atherosclerosis, for which hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor, is the leading cause of
morbidity and mortality in Western society, and new therapeutic strategies are highly …

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) combusts high amounts of fatty acids, thereby lowering plasma
triglyceride levels and reducing obesity. However, the precise role of BAT in plasma …

Important causes for modern epidemics such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular
disease are over-and malnutrition. Dietary as well as endogenous lipids are transported …

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy as heat to maintain optimal thermogenesis
and to contribute to energy expenditure in rodents and possibly humans. The energetic …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, leading to severe associated pathologies such
as insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Adipose tissue …

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In mammals, white adipose tissue (WAT) stores and releases lipids, whereas brown adipose
tissue (BAT) oxidizes lipids to fuel thermogenesis. In obese individuals, WAT undergoes …

Systemic inflammation resulting from dysfunction of white adipose tissue (WAT) accelerates
the pathologies of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In contrast to WAT, brown adipose …

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) produces heat by burning TGs that are stored within
intracellular lipid droplets and need to be replenished by the uptake of TG-derived FA from …

An understanding of the full powers of brown adipose tissue (BAT) is only successively
being accumulated. In a paper in Nature Medicine, Bartelt et al.(2011) add further …