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Abstract
White adipose tissue major roles are to store excess of energy from diet as triacylglycerol and secrete hormones. Brown adipose tissue, on the other hand, expresses the uncopling protein 1 (UCP1) that when properly activated uncouples proton gradient at inner mitochondrial membrane releasing energy as heat. Fenofibrate is a ligand for the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha …