ReviewActa physiologica (Oxford, England)2026
Deciphering the Presence of Active Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans.
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- Targeting perivascular adipose tissue in vascular aging: innovative translational strategies for disease prevention and monitoring.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Review
- From endocrine to immune: therapeutic potential of brown adipose tissue in remodelling the cardiovascular immune microenvironment.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is increasingly recognized as a metabolically active tissue in humans, although its physiological relevance remains incompletely understood. In rodents, BAT is well characterized, with interscapular BAT (iBAT) representing the main thermogenic depot. In contrast, the existence and persistence of iBAT in adult humans have long been overlooked. In this review, we synthesize anatomical, histological, imaging, and molecular evidence supporting the presence of a potentially active iBAT depot within the dorsocervical subcutaneous adipose tissue in humans. Gene expression and histological studies have conclusively identified dorsocervical subcutaneous adipose tissue as iBAT in human neonates. In adults, the persistence of this depot has been suggested by early histological observations, although definitive molecular confirmation is still lacking. More recent data from HIV-1-infected individuals report increased expression of BAT-related markers in the dorsocervical region; however, histological analyses have not consistently confirmed the presence of iBAT in this population. In parallel, two independent cold-induced
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