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Functional thermogenic beige adipogenesis is inducible in human neck fat [PDF]

International Journal of Obesity, 2013
Recent studies suggest human neck brown adipose tissue (BAT) to consist of 'brown adipocyte (BA)-like' or beige adipocytes. However, little is known about their thermogenic function. Within the beige adipocyte transcriptome, fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) is a gene whose protein product acts as an adipokine, regulating cold-induced thermogenesis ...
P, Lee, C D, Werner, E, Kebebew, F S, Celi   +3 more
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Structural Insights Into the Function of Leishmania major Adenylosuccinate Lyase

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One of several intriguing aspects of kinetoplastid biochemistry is the complete dependence on host purines and purine recycling due to the lack of a de novo purine biosynthesis pathway. Adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL, EC 4.3.2.2) is a key enzyme in the purine synthesis pathway responsible for the conversion of adenylosuccinate into adenosine ...
Ivan R. e Silva, Monique Mantovani, Maria E. S. D. Lino, Aline O. Albuquerque, João H. M. da Silva, Ronaldo A. P. Nagem, Adriana L. Rojas, Geraldo R. Sartori, Eduardo Horjales, David Campbell, Otavio H. Thiemann   +10 more
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Microplastics and the Endocrine–Metabolic Interface: Novel Diagnostic Tools Targeting Thyroid–Adipose Axis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as major environmental contaminants that can affect organisms directly and act as carriers of particles and chemical additives, thereby aggravating endocrine networks that coordinate metabolic homeostasis.
Sunday Amos Onikanni, Babasola Aiyeku, Marjorie Dardis Murucci, Temitope Aribigbola, Kenia Bispo, Oluwatosin Stella Olayinka, Rômulo Sperduto Dezonne, Sara Gemini Piperni, Paula Soares, Denise Pires de Carvalho, Leandro Miranda‐Alves   +10 more
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Optical imaging for brown or beige adipose tissue

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Currently, one in three adults worldwide may be obese or overweight. Obesity is characterized by an excess of energy‐storing white fat. An ingenious and sought‐after strategy against obesity is to activate energy‐consuming beige fat, which is converted ...
Jiamin Liu, Linjie Ni, Minmin Peng, Yiying Liang, Chan Lu, Hanying Zheng, Zicheng Huang, Jinde Zhang, Ronghe Chen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caloric Restriction and Diet-Induced Weight Loss Do Not Induce Browning of Human Subcutaneous White Adipose Tissue in Women and Men with Obesity

Cell Reports, 2018
Caloric restriction (CR) is standard lifestyle therapy in obesity management. CR-induced weight loss improves the metabolic profile of individuals with obesity.
Valentin Barquissau, Benjamin Léger, Diane Beuzelin, Frédéric Martins, Ez-Zoubir Amri, Didier F. Pisani, Wim H.M. Saris, Arne Astrup, Jean-José Maoret, Jason Iacovoni, Sébastien Déjean, Cédric Moro, Nathalie Viguerie, Dominique Langin   +13 more
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Formation of thermogenic adipocytes: What we have learned from pigs

Fundamental Research, 2021
Thermogenic adipocytes, including brown and beige adipocytes, are capable of dissipating energy via heat production in response to external stimuli, such as cold exposure and exercise.
Jianguo Zhao, Cong Tao, Chuanhe Chen, Yanfang Wang, Tianxia Liu   +4 more
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Re‐thinking peripheral dysfunctions in obesity: The emerging role of sulphaceutics and sulphanutraceutics

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, multisystem disease in which cardiometabolic risk arises from excess adiposity and progressive dysfunction of peripheral organs, ultimately disrupting endocrine and metabolic crosstalk among tissues. Within this network, sulphur‐based biology, centred on hydrogen sulphide and related reactive sulphur species, has ...
Martina Smimmo, Veronica Casale, Roberta d'Emmanuele di Villa Bianca, Valentina Vellecco, Mariarosaria Bucci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brown and beige fat: From molecules to physiology and pathophysiology

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 2019
The adipose organ portrays adipocytes of diverse tones: white, brown and beige, each type with distinct functions. Adipocytes orchestrate their adaptation and expansion to provide storage to excess nutrients, the quick mobilisation of fuel to supply peripheral functional demands, insulation, and, in their thermogenic form, heat generation to maintain ...
Carobbio, Stefania, Guénantin, Anne-Claire, Samuelson, Isabella, Bahri, Myriam, Vidal-Puig, Antonio   +4 more
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Biology of Beige Adipocyte and Possible Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2016
All mammals own two main forms of fat. The classical white adipose tissue builds up energy in the form of triglycerides and is useful for preventing fatigue during periods of low caloric intake and the brown adipose tissue instead of inducing fat ...
Fernando Lizcano, Diana Vargas
doaj   +1 more source

EBF2 promotes the recruitment of beige adipocytes in white adipose tissue

Molecular Metabolism, 2016
Objective: The induction of beige/brite adipose cells in white adipose tissue (WAT) is associated with protection against high fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in animals.
Rachel R. Stine, Suzanne N. Shapira, Hee-Woong Lim, Jeff Ishibashi, Matthew Harms, Kyoung-Jae Won, Patrick Seale   +6 more
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