The city of Yakutsk: a case of study for human brown adipose tissue in extremely cold conditions ...

• Main Authors: Severi, Ilenia, Innokentevich, Tomskii Mikhail, Gavrilievich, Tikhonov Dmitrii, Savvichna, Loskutova Kiunniai, Andreevich, Isakov Evgeny, Giordano, Antonio, Gesuita, Rosaria, Cinti, Saverio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 2015
• Subjects: Brown adipose tissue; white adipose tissue; obesity; diabetes; low temperature; Yakutsk; Browning
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13128/ijae-16910; http://www.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/16910/15805

The discovery of the presence of functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) also in healthy humans [1-3] has focused the attention of the scientific community on the possibility to expand body BAT content as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment and prevention of obesity and the associated metabolic d...