News Release 16-Sep-2024 Researchers at LMU University Hospital have discovered a new switch that controls thermogenesis in mitochondria. Peer-Reviewed PublicationLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München Special fat cells known as brown adipocytes help maintaining body temperature by converting calory-rich nutrients into heat. This protects from gaining excess weight and metabolic disorders. An international team of researchers led by Professor...
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Secretin hormone induces satiation by activating brown fat
by University of Turku Positron emission tomography images showing glucose tracer uptake after placebo and secretin infusions. Arrows show the location of brown adipose tissue. Credit: University of Turku Researchers from the Turku PET Centre and the Technical University of Munich have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone...
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Giving brown fat a boost to fight type 2 diabetes
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: WITH EXTRA PLIN5, MITOCHONDRIA IN BROWN FAT CELLS BOOST THEIR CAPACITY TO BURN FAT EVEN AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. CREDIT: DRS. VIOLETA I. GALLARDO-MONTEJANO AND PERRY E. BICKEL. DALLAS – June 4, 2021 – Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect...
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Study of 50,000 people finds brown fat may protect against numerous chronic diseases
by Rockefeller University energy and scientists hope it may hold the key to new obesity treatments. But it has long been unclear whether people with ample brown fat truly enjoy better health. For one thing, it has been hard to even identify such individuals since brown fat is hidden deep inside the body. Now, a new...
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Brown fat: Implications in obesity
by Masonic Medical Research Institute The Lin Lab at the MMRI, quantified the number of brown fat cells present in newborn animals. For years, researchers have argued over whether brown fat continues to grow after birth. Dr. Lin and his team have become the first to prove that it does. Credit: Masonic Medical Research Institute Brown fat, also known as brown...
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Brown fat can burn energy in an unexpected way
by Joslin Diabetes Center When we are exposed to sufficient cold or exercise, small clusters of brown fat cells in our bodies begin to burn up energy. Since 2009, when researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center and other institutions discovered that this helpful form of fat can be active in adults, scientists have sought to turn...
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White fat may have several paths to a healthier brown
Babies get their adorable chubbiness from brown fat, which keeps them warm, but until 2009, scientists thought we lost this helpful type of tissue as we grew up. Since its discovery in adults, brown fat has been studied as a potential treatment for obesity and related health issues. Now a team at Boston University has...
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White fat may have several paths to a healthier brown
Babies get their adorable chubbiness from brown fat, which keeps them warm. However, until 2009, scientists thought we lost this healthy tissue as we age. Since its discovery in adults, brown fat has been studied as potential treatment for obesity and other health-related issues. Now a team at Boston University has sequenced the genes of...