A ‘replace me’ signal from dying brown fat fires up weight loss

Katrien De Bock and Christian Wolfrum ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 609, issue 7926, 252-253

Abstract: Brown fat in the body converts energy into heat. The discovery that inosine molecules are released from dying brown fat and induce heat production in nearby brown fat cells could point to a way of combating obesity.

Keywords: Metabolism; Physiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01826-5

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