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Brown adipose tissue activity as a target for the treatment of obesity/insulin resistance

Frontiers in Physiology (Poher et al., via PubMed Central)

accessed Sep 18, 2026Updated Sep 19, 2026

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4311629/

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FactAdipose Tissue: Brown fat heat production = Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) uncouples mitochondrial respiration from ATP synthesis and releases the energy as heat FactAdipose Tissue: Active brown fat shown in adult humans = 2009, by FDG-PET/CT imaging