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an interwoven or interrelated number of things

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part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

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Brown fat tissue is important in thermogenesis and energy metabolism.

The Role of Irisin, Insulin and Leptin in Maternal and Fetal Interaction

A team of researchers, led by Bruce Spiegelman of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., made brown fat tissue from the skin cells of mice and mouse myoblasts.

Making good, brown fat

Researchers grew "beating" cells with properties similar to the heart's conductive tissue from stem cells taken from the brown fat tissue of mice.

Stem cells from human fat tissue used for 'biologial' pacemaker

When body temperature drops below a regulatory threshold, brown fat tissue is highly specialized for nonshivering thermogenesis.

[sup.18]FDG uptake in brown fat: potential for false positives

"We already know that those of us who have more brown fat tissue have a smaller risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

New brown fat cell could help fight obesity

In addition, the researchers found that SIRT1 must be present in POMC neurons for leptin to stimulate the remodeling of white adipose tissue into brown fat tissue, which "burns" fat to generate heat.

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