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Adipocytes, Brown

Known as: Brown Fat Cells, Brown adipocyte, Cells, Brown Fat 
Fat cells with dark coloration due to the densely packed MITOCHONDRIA. They contain numerous small lipid droplets or vacuoles. Their stored lipids… 
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids stimulate hepatic UCP-2 expression via a PPARα-mediated pathway
The discovery of homologs of the brown fat uncoupling protein(s) (UCP) UCP-2 and UCP-3 revived the hypothesis of uncoupling… 
1995
1995
Modulation of calcium‐activated non‐selective cation channel activity by nitric oxide in rat brown adipose tissue.
1. Single‐channel calcium‐activated non‐selective cation currents from isolated rat brown fat cells were measured using the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Functional assessment of white and brown adipocyte development and energy metabolism in cell culture. Dissociation of terminal differentiation and thermogenesis in brown adipocytes.
We investigated the effect of insulin, triiodothyronine (T3) and dexamethasone (a synthetic glucocorticoid) on differentiation… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Hibernoma formation in transgenic mice and isolation of a brown adipocyte cell line expressing the uncoupling protein gene.
Transgenic mice were produced containing the adipocyte-specific regulatory region from the adipocyte P2 (aP2) gene linked to the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Quantification of fatty acid activation of the uncoupling protein in brown adipocytes and mitochondria from the guinea-pig.
Brown adipocytes from cold-adapted guinea-pigs (C-cells) are more sensitive to uncoupling by exogenous palmitate than are cells… 
1980
1980
Stereospecific stimulation of brown adipocyte respiration by catecholamines via beta 1-adrenoreceptors.
Regulation of respiration by catecholamines was studied in adipocytes isolated from interscapular brown adipose tissue of warm… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Norepinephrine-induced shift in levels of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate and ATP parallel to increased respiratory rate and lipolysis in isolated hamster brown-fat cells.
1. Isolated brown fat cells from hamster respond to added catecholamines with a temporary increase in respiratory rate and an… 
1976
1976
Brown fat retention in sudden infant death syndrome.
This study was undertaken to confirm the findings of Naeye with regard to the pathological retention of the so-called brown fat… 
1975
1975
The effect of adrenergic agonists and cyclic AMP on the Na+/K+ ATPase activity of brown adipose tissue.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
OBSERVATIONS ON PEROXISOMES IN BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE OF THE RAT
During cytochemical studies of brown adipose tissue from rat, cytoplasmic organelles that apparently show peroxidative activity… 
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