title: The different shades of fat.
abstract: Our understanding of adipose tissue biology has progressed rapidly since the turn of the century. White adipose tissue has emerged as a key determinant of healthy metabolism and metabolic dysfunction. This realization is paralleled only by the confirmation that adult humans have heat-dissipating brown adipose tissue, an important contributor to energy balance and a possible therapeutic target for the treatment of metabolic disease. We propose that the development of successful strategies to target brown and white adipose tissues will depend on investigations that elucidate their developmental origins and cell-type-specific functional regulators.
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Level 4, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Peirce
authors.affiliation: 1] University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Level 4, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK. [2] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carobbio
authors.affiliation: 1] University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Level 4, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK. [2] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal-Puig
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D050156:Adipogenesis; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D052436:Adipose Tissue, White / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008066:Lipolysis; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D022722:Thermogenesis