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An updated view on human neonatal thermogenesis

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 18, pages 263–264 (2022)Cite this article

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The maintenance and regulation of body temperature in neonates is critical for survival. However, the mechanisms by which human neonates achieve body temperature control are unclear. Current evidence has demonstrated that infrared thermography is a suitable non-invasive technique that can be safely applied to human babies to investigate brown adipose tissue thermogenesis.

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Fig. 1: BAT defends temperature in human newborn babies.

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The authors thank E. Milbank (CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) for his comments. The authors acknowledge the support of funding from Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), co-funded by the FEDER Program of EU (ML: RTI2018-101840-B-I00) and ‘la Caixa’ Foundation (ID 100010434), under the agreement LCF/PR/HR19/52160022 (ML). I.G.-G. is recipient of a fellowship from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (842080-H2020-MSCA-IF-2018). CIBER de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición is an initiative of ISCIII. The funders had no role in the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Physiology, CIMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Ismael González-García, Rubén Nogueiras, Carlos Diéguez & Miguel López

  2. CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Ismael González-García, Rubén Nogueiras, Carlos Diéguez & Miguel López

  3. Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

    Ismael González-García

  4. German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany

    Ismael González-García

  5. Neonatology Service, Department of Pediatrics, University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Adela Urisarri & María L. Couce

  6. CIBER Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Adela Urisarri & María L. Couce

  7. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Maternal and Child Chronic Diseases of Perinatal and Developmental Origin (RICORS), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

    Adela Urisarri & María L. Couce

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González-García, I., Urisarri, A., Nogueiras, R. et al. An updated view on human neonatal thermogenesis. Nat Rev Endocrinol 18, 263–264 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-022-00642-1

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