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SUBMITTER: Seoane-Collazo P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731305 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190906 1
Increased body weight is a major factor that interferes with smoking cessation. Nicotine, the main bioactive compound in tobacco, has been demonstrated to have an impact on energy balance, since it affects both feeding and energy expenditure at the central level. Among the central actions of nicotine on body weight, much attention has been focused on its effect on brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis, though its effect on browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) is unclear. Here, we show that ...[more]