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MP Term : browned white adipose tissue morphology [MP:0020521] Mammalian Phenotype

Namespace  MPheno.ontology Obsolete  false
description  white adipose tissue displays a morphology more closely resembling brown adipose tissue (eg. multilocular droplets, decreased lipid droplet size) including the emergence or brown or beige adipocytes in white adipose tissue; this may represent adaptation to increased thermogenic demand, exercise, injury (thermal injury), and/or disease (cancer)
  • synonyms:
  • beiging of WAT,
  • WAT beiging,
  • white adipose tissue browning,
  • beiging of white adipose tissue,
  • browning of WAT,
  • browning of white adipose tissue,
  • WAT browning
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