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April 13, 2021Frontiers in EndocrinologyOpen Access

The review discusses the role of sex hormones and their crosstalk with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in regulating brown adipose tissue activity and contributing to sex differences in energy homeostasis.

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Why the study?

Energy homeostasis differs between sexes and impacts conditions like type 2 diabetes, making it important to understand the mechanisms underlying sex differences in brown adipose tissue activity.

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KKKasiphak KaikaewAGAldo GrefhorstJVJenny A. Visser

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BAT activation remains a promising anti-obesity target; leaves open whether it yields meaningful clinical benefit.

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Kaikaew et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a913eb787dfe5d232f12ad7https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.652444
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