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- Title
Good Fat.
- Authors
Hampton, Tracy
- Abstract
The article reports that researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have identified factors which regulate fat formation. Bone morphogenetic protein 7, a factor which promotes the development of brown fat, was identified. Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that brown fat shares a developmental pathway with muscle and that the regulatory molecule PRDM16 controls the switch between muscle and fat. The findings are believed to be useful for developing therapies to fight obesity.
- Subjects
FAT cells; BROWN adipose tissue; BONE morphogenetic proteins; OBESITY; DANA-Farber Cancer Institute
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008, Vol 300, Issue 13, p1508
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.300.13.1508-d