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Rose Kohlie Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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Nina Perwitz Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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Julia Resch Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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Sebastian M Schmid Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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Hendrik Lehnert Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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Johannes Klein Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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K Alexander Iwen Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik I, Lübeck, Germany

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intracellular third messenger for DA, in BAT of pigs suggests a direct role of DA in brown adipocytes ( Meister et al . 1988 ). DA receptors appear to be present in BAT homogenates obtained from rats, as suggested by the response of AC to various DA receptor

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Juan Liu Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Xiaocen Kong Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Long Wang Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Hanmei Qi Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Wenjuan Di Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Xiao Zhang Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Lin Wu Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Xia Chen Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Jing Yu Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Juanmin Zha Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Shan Lv Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Aisen Zhang Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Peng Cheng Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Miao Hu Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Yujie Li Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Jianhua Bi Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Yan Li Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Fang Hu Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Yi Zhong Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Yong Xu Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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Guoxian Ding Department of Gerontology, Departments of Pathophysiology, Preventive Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center of Central South University, First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China

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are specialized in energy preservation in the form of triglycerides. However, adipose tissue also contains another type of fat cells called ‘brown adipocyte’. By contrast to white adipose tissue (WAT), brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays an active role in

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Yingkai Sun Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Rui Wang Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Shaoqian Zhao Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Wen Li Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Wen Liu Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Lingyun Tang State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Research Center for Experimental Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China

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Zhugang Wang State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Research Center for Experimental Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China

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Weiqing Wang Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Ruixin Liu Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Guang Ning Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Jiqiu Wang Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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Jie Hong Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China National Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai, China

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excess energy intake over expenditure, which causes more energy storage in white adipose tissues (WATs). Brown adipocytes can dissipate energy into heat in response to certain stimuli such as cold exposure, beta3-AR agonists by uncoupling respiratory

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rats. Moreover, we have recently shown that brown adipocytes are also endocrine cells able to secrete leptin ( Buyse et al. 2001 ) and other adipocytokines such as resistin and adiponectin, two adipocyte-specific secretory factors involved in glucose

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Raquel Martinez-deMena Unidad de Endocrinología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas ‘Alberto Sols’, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain

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Maria-Jesus Obregón Unidad de Endocrinología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas ‘Alberto Sols’, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain

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specific marker of BAT. In floating brown adipocytes, D2 is stimulated by adrenergic agents ( Obregón et al. 1987 ), and synergism between the α1 and β adrenergic pathways has been described ( Raasmaja & Larsen 1989 ). In addition, BAT D2

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Jessica A Deis Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

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Hong Guo Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

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Yingjie Wu Institute for Genomic Engineered Animal Models of Human Diseases, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

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Chengyu Liu Transgenic Core, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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David A Bernlohr Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

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Xiaoli Chen Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

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( Saito et al . 2009 ). Therefore, the conversion of energy-storing white adipose tissue (WAT) to energy expending BAT holds therapeutic potential. White adipocytes can take on a brown-like, or ‘beige’ phenotype, characterized by increased number of

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Daiana Araujo Santana-Oliveira Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Aline Fernandes-da-Silva Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Carolline Santos Miranda Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Fabiane Ferreira Martins Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Carlos Alberto Mandarim-de-Lacerda Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Vanessa Souza-Mello Laboratory of Morphometry, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Biomedical Center, Institute of Biology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Introduction Obesity damages the white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT) structure and function ( Strissel et al. 2007 , Shimizu et al. 2014 ). White adipocyte dysfunction is reflected in inflammation, increased

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Tae Woo Jung Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Hyoung-Chun Kim Neuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea

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Yong Kyoo Shin Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Hyeyoung Min College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Seong-Wan Cho Department of Pharmaceutics & Biotechnology, Konyang University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

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Zi Soo Kim Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Su Mi Han Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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A M Abd El-Aty Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Ahmet Hacımüftüoğlu Department of Medical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

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Ji Hoon Jeong Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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tissue (WAT) is composed of white adipocytes and primarily serve as an energy storage of neutral lipids. WAT stores excess energy for usage by other tissues during energy depletion. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays a prominent role in thermoregulation. In

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Yuanyuan Huang Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Hanlin Zhang Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Meng Dong Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Lei Zhang Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Photonics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Jun Lin Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Rongcai Ye Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Huiqiao Zhou Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiaomeng Liu Institute of Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China

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Wanzhu Jin Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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infrequent functional brown adipocytes also exist in adult humans. Importantly, a negative correlation was observed between the recruitment of beige cells and BMI. This finding suggests that beige cells may critically inhibit obesity and obesity

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Susan M van den Berg Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Andrea D van Dam Department of Medicine, Division Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Pascal J H Kusters Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Linda Beckers Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Myrthe den Toom Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Saskia van der Velden Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Jan Van den Bossche Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Irma van Die Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Mariëtte R Boon Department of Medicine, Division Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Patrick C N Rensen Department of Medicine, Division Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Esther Lutgens Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Menno P J de Winther Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Introduction Brown adipose tissue (BAT) contributes to the control of body temperature by the production of heat in response to cold. Brown adipocytes have numerous mitochondria that contain uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1). Activation of brown

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