A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

For those who are not able to sleep properly, have a fluctuating weight, or suffer from certain diseases or conditions, you ...

Associations of brown fat, obesity and loss/mutation of ... and manifesting mainly with body mass excess due to increased adipose tissue volume. The constantly accumulating data demonstrate ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism where the removal of the mitochondrial protein MCJ in mice leads to increased heat production and significant ...

A new approach that used CRISPR to engineer adipocytes and implant them in mice models of cancer reduced cancer progression.

According to a doctor, when a person suffers from metabolically healthy obesity, most of the fat accumulates in the hips and ...

There are two types of fatty or adipose tissue: white and brown. White adipose tissue mostly stores energy, while brown fat (its cells have more mitochondria and that gives them a brown hue ...

Macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue is a key pathological factor inducing adipose ... Similar to cold stimulation, β3-AR agonists enhance the conversion of existing white adipocytes into beige ...

As such, ILC-2s, along with eosinophils, discussed below, represent potential targets that can be manipulated to promote beiging and thermogenesis of white adipose tissue. HFD-fed mice showed ...

This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...

This remarkable tissue differs dramatically from the typical white fat that accumulates around our waistlines. Brown fat is packed with mitochondria, which are tiny cellular power plants that generate ...