Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

BMP8 and activated brown adipose tissue in human newborns

  • Adela Urisarri,
  • Ismael González-García,
  • Ánxela Estévez-Salguero,
  • María P. Pata,
  • Edward Milbank,
  • Noemi López,
  • Natalia Mandiá,
  • Carmen Grijota-Martinez,
  • Carlos A. Salgado,
  • Rubén Nogueiras,
  • Carlos Diéguez,
  • Francesc Villarroya,
  • José-Manuel Fernández-Real,
  • María L. Couce,
  • Miguel López

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25456-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Brown adipose tissue (BAT) in infants has been studied for more than a century, however, the knowledge about its physiological features is limited. Here, the authors investigate the link between BAT thermogenesis and the regulation of temperature in human new-borns with non-invasive infrared thermography.