Cold exposure modulates potential brown adipokines in humans, but only FGF21 is associated with brown adipose tissue volume.
Andrea Mendez-GutierrezConcepcion Maria AguileraRubén CereijoFrancisco J Osuna-PrietoBorja Martinez-TellezMaria C RicoDavid Sanchez-InfantesFrancesc VillarroyaJonathan R RuizGuillermo-Sánchez DelgadoPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2024)
Cold exposure modulates plasma levels of several potential brown adipokines in humans, whereas only cold-induced changes in FGF21 levels are associated with BAT volume. These findings suggest that human BAT might contribute to the circulatory pool of FGF21.