The Effects of Temperature and Seasons on Subcutaneous White Adipose Tissue in Humans: Evidence for Thermogenic Gene Induction

2014100 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

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Philip A. Kern · University of Kentucky

Brian S. Finlin · University of Kentucky

Beibei Zhu · University of Kentucky

Neda Rasouli · University of Colorado Denver

Robert E. McGehee · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Philip M. Westgate · Kentucky Department for Public Health

Esther E. Dupont‐Versteegden

Abstract

Human SC WAT increases thermogenic genes seasonally and acutely in response to a cold stimulus and this response is inhibited by obesity and inflammation.

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Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Exercise and Physiological Responses Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

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Published in: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Volume 99, Issue 12, pp. E2772-E2779

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-2440

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