Brown adipose tissue conducts thermogenesis and its activities have been found to be beneficial to the operation of metabolism. Thus a greater proportion of brown adipose tissue versus other types of fat tissue is protective in the context of aging. Unfortunately brown adipose tissue function declines with age, and here researchers provide evidence for this form of fat tissue aging to be caused by a decline in the efficacy of chaperone mediated autophagy, also a feature of aging…
Chaperone Mediated Autophagy is Necessary for for Brown Adipose Tissue Function
Brown adipose tissue conducts thermogenesis and its activities have been found to be beneficial to the operation of metabolism. Thus a greater proportion of brown adipose tissue versus other types of fat tissue is protective in the context of aging. Unfortunately brown adipose tissue function declines with age, and here researchers provide evidence for this form of fat tissue aging to be caused by a decline in the efficacy of chaperone mediated autophagy, also a feature of aging…