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Thyroid Hormones and Adipose Tissues
Author(s): Laura Stan*
Complex homeostatic mechanisms, including those originating in adipose tissue, regulate energy balance maintenance. The primary function of adipose tissue is to store excess metabolic energy as fat. During periods of energy deprivation, the energy stored as fat can be mobilized (hunger, fasting, diseases). Adipose tissue also plays a homeostatic role, regulating energy balance and acting as an endocrine organ, secreting substances that regulate body homeostasis. White and Brown Adipose Tissues (WAT and BAT) with distinct phenotypes, functions, and regulation have been identified. WAT stores energy, whereas BAT releases it as heat. Brown and white adipocytes have distinct ontogenetic origins and lineages, and distinct WAT and BAT markers have been identified. WAT has been found to contain "brite" or beige adipose tissue, which shares some properties with BAT. Thyroid hormones.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/ 2157-7536-22.13.4.241
