Decoding Brown Fat's On-Off Switch: How Inflammation and Glucocorticoids Drive Metabolic Aging & RU-486 May Stop It

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   Decoding Brown Fat's On-Off Switch: How Inflammation and Glucocorticoids Drive Metabolic Aging & RU-486 May Stop It

   Brown fat burns calories to generate heat, but this ability fades as we get older . This study maps out exactly why this happens: as fat ages, local immune cells begin releasing an inflammatory molecule (IL-1β) that essentially short-circuits the neighboring fat cells . This inflammation causes the…

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