Brown fat does not cause cachexia in cancer patients: A large retrospective longitudinal FDG-PET/CT cohort study.

Brown fat does not cause cachexia in cancer patients: A large retrospective longitudinal FDG-PET/CT cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized form of adipose tissue, able to increase energy expenditure by heat generation in response to various stimuli. Recently, its pathological activation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cancer cachexia. To establish a c...

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Main Authors: Anton S Becker, Caroline Zellweger, Sara Bacanovic, Sabine Franckenberg, Hannes W Nagel, Lukas Frick, Khoschy Schawkat, Matthias Eberhard, Christian Blüthgen, Jörk Volbracht, Rudolf Moos, Christian Wolfrum, Irene A Burger
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239990

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