Send us a Message



Submit Data |  Help |  Video Tutorials |  News |  Publications |  Download |  REST API |  Citing RGD |  Contact   

Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
negative regulation of brown fat cell differentiation  
negative regulation of fat cell differentiation +   
positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation  
positive regulation of fat cell differentiation +   
regulation of brown fat cell differentiation +   
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of brown fat cell differentiation. Brown fat cell differentiation is the process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a brown adipocyte, an animal connective tissue cell involved in adaptive thermogenesis. Brown adipocytes contain multiple small droplets of triglycerides and a high number of mitochondria.

Synonyms
Xrefs: Reactome:R-HSA-9843743 "Transcriptional regulation of brown and beige adipocyte differentiation"
Definition Sources: GOC:tb

paths to the root