Brown-fat-mediated tumour suppression by cold-altered global metabolism - Nature.com

Mild cold exposure activates a substantial amount of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in a patient with cancer, reducing tumour-associated glucose uptake, and activation of BAT in mice inhibits the growth of tumours by decreasing blood glucose and impeding glycolys…

Cell culture The mouse MC-38 colon adenocarcinoma cell line was provided by R. Hernández. The mouse E0771 breast cancer cell line was purchased from CH3 BioSystems. The mouse pancreatic cancer cell … [+28106 chars]

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