Critical review of beige adipocyte thermogenic activation and contribution to whole-body energy expenditure (original) (raw)

Author Statement

1. Research funding: This work was supported by grants from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP #2015/19530-5) and National Counsel of Science and Technology Development (CNPq #443492/2014-0) to WTF. EC and TEO are recipients of FAPESP fellowships (#2016/23169-9 and 2016/07062-0, respectively).
2. Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
3. Informed consent: Informed consent is not applicable.
4. Ethical approval: The conducted research is not related to either human or animal use.

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