[HTML][HTML] β-Adrenergic receptors, diet-induced thermogenesis, and obesity
BB Lowell, ES Bachman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
There is increased awareness that energy expenditure is an important component of weight
control and that its dysregulation promotes obesity. This minireview will examine the role of
energy expenditure in regulating fat stores, the underlying mitochondrial basis for energy
expenditure, and implications of this for potential mechanisms of adaptive thermogenesis
and then discuss, in detail, recent evidence regarding the important role of ß-adrenergic
receptors in diet-induced thermogenesis and prevention of diet-induced obesity.
control and that its dysregulation promotes obesity. This minireview will examine the role of
energy expenditure in regulating fat stores, the underlying mitochondrial basis for energy
expenditure, and implications of this for potential mechanisms of adaptive thermogenesis
and then discuss, in detail, recent evidence regarding the important role of ß-adrenergic
receptors in diet-induced thermogenesis and prevention of diet-induced obesity.