FIG. 16.
Human adult “brown fat” has the molecular signature of beige adipose cells. Biopsies of human PET-positive brown fat and neighboring white fat depots were taken, and RNA was prepared. qPCR was performed for UCP1 and beige and brown selective mRNAs. For further details, see ref. 16. BAT, brown adipose tissue. WAT, white adipose tissue.
