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Abstract
Although the functions of white fat and brown fat are increasingly well understood, their developmental origins remain unclear. A recent study published in Nature (Seale et al., 2008) identifies a population of progenitor cells that gives rise to brown fat and skeletal muscle but not white fat.Mesh:
Year: 2008 PMID: 18775306 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.08.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582