Brown Adipose Tissue Activation Is Inversely Related to Central Obesity and Metabolic Parameters in Adult Human

Qidi Wang; Min Zhang; Min Xu; Weiqiong Gu; Yun Xi; Lu Qi; Biao Li; Weiqing Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123795

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Brown Adipose Tissue Activation Is Inversely Related to Central Obesity and Metabolic Parameters in Adult Human

Qidi Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qidi Wang, Min Zhang

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Min Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qidi Wang, Min Zhang

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Min Xu,

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Weiqiong Gu,

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Yun Xi,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Lu Qi,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Biao Li,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Weiqing Wang

* E-mail: wqingw@hotmail.com

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Brown Adipose Tissue Activation Is Inversely Related to Central Obesity and Metabolic Parameters in Adult Human

Qidi Wang,
Min Zhang,
Min Xu,
Weiqiong Gu,
Yun Xi,
Lu Qi,
Biao Li,
Weiqing Wang

Published: April 20, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123795

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