Abstract
Modern human (homo sapience) have spread out over the world during the ice age, this means they needed toadapt to cold environments. Recent studies suggest that the importance of non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) generatingfrom brown adipose tissue (BAT), and the uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) gene plays an important role in BATactivity. Thus, this manuscript summarizes the relationship between human cold adaptation and the importance ofUCP1 genotype to individual and populational differences of NST.
| Translated title of the contribution | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN COLD ADAPTATION AND UCP1 GENOTYPE. |
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| Original language | Japanese |
| Pages (from-to) | 81-85 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | 日本生理人類学会誌 = Japanese journal of physiological anthropology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |