title: White, brown, and beige; type 2 immunity gets hot.
abstract: The biogenesis of beige fat is poorly understood. In recent issues of Nature and Cell, Brestoff et al. (2014) and Lee et al. (2015) demonstrate that resident innate lymphoid cells in subcutaneous fat generate and activate beige adipocytes, producing thermogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Maeran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhm
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: saltiel@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Saltiel
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism*; D052436:Adipose Tissue, White / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000276:immunology*