Although adipose tissue is clearly not the major determinant of energy expenditure compared to skeletal muscle, brain, and heart, the limited impact of sex differences on the contribution of fat mass to basal or induced metabolic rate may be significant in slowly progressive clinical conditions, such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
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NCOA1 is a gatekeeper of the sexually dimorphic thermogenic activity of white adipose tissue.
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