Angiotensin type 2 receptor activation promotes browning of white adipose tissue and brown adipogenesis

• Main Authors: Than, Aung, Xu, Shaohai, Li, Ru, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Sun, Lei, Chen, Peng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science; Browning; White Adipose Tissue
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147541
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Brown adipose tissue dissipates energy in the form of heat. Recent studies have shown that adult humans possess both classical brown and beige adipocytes (brown-like adipocytes in white adipose tissue, WAT), and stimulating brown and beige adipocyte formation can be a new avenue to treat obesity. An...