Abstract
Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) is being studied as a possible therapeutic target of obesity and its complications due to its function of regulating energy, glucose and lipid homeotasis. Little is known about the functionality of BAT in congenital generalized lipodystrophy (LGC). However, studies in rodents have demonstrated atrophy of this tissue in knock out animals for the Bscl-2 gene. Obje…