A few unfortunates are born without adipose tissue. These people rapidly develop the symptoms of metabolic syndrome.

一些不幸的人生来就没有脂肪组织，他们身上很快就出现了代谢综合症的症状。

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Based on his findings, Herzig believes that brown fat may originate from a mother cell of adipose tissue that by default tends to make white fat.

根据他的调查结果，赫齐格认为，棕色脂肪可能源自脂肪组织母细胞，默认情况下产生白色脂肪。

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Brown adipose tissue, sometimes called "brown fat," also plays a role by burning more energy in the form of heat in cooler temperatures.

棕色脂肪组织，有时被称为“棕脂肪”，在较低温度中消耗更多能量产生体热。

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Dr Unger and Dr Scherer suggest that this failure of the leptin mechanism, particularly its role in oxidising lipids, is crucial to the development of metabolic syndrome, and that it is a pathology of adipose tissue that has become overloaded.

ECONOMIST: Metabolic syndrome

How this happens has been the subject of a lot of hand waving, though the tendency of adipose tissue to produce chemicals that encourage inflammation is often mentioned.

ECONOMIST: Metabolic syndrome

In a healthy mouse (one with working leptin receptors) even a diet that is 60% fat does not cause a build-up of lipids anywhere except in the adipose tissue.

ECONOMIST: Metabolic syndrome