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The signal transduction page provides a detailed discussion of various biological signaling molecules, their receptors, and the pathways of signaling.

Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat. Adipocytes are derived from mesenchymal stem cells which give rise to adipocytes, osteoblasts, myocytes and other cell types through adipogenesis.

Scientists claim they have found an experimental drug that turns “bad” white-fat cells into “good” brown ones.

Scientists have discovered a key, previously unknown role for a population of cells that live in our fat — these cells regulate our body heat and protect us against cold shock. The discovery opens the door to future treatments in which weight loss (or gain) is the desired goal, as activating the

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Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms. It occurs in all warm-blooded s, and also in a few species of thermogenic plants such as the Eastern skunk cabbage, the Voodoo lily, and the giant water lilies of the genus Victoria.

Key points. In the human body white fat predominates over brown fat by volume. White fat stores energy as triglycerides and is abundant in the midsection and thighs.

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