Transcriptional and epigenetic control of brown and beige adipose cell fate and function

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 17, 480 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrm.2016.62 Authors: Takeshi Inagaki, Juro Sakai & Shingo Kajimura White adipocytes store excess energy in the form of triglycerides, whereas brown and beige adipocytes dissipate energy in the form of heat. This thermogenic function relies on the activation of brown and beige adipocyte-specific gene programmes that are coordinately regulated by adipose-selective chromatin architectures and
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