Manipulating molecular switches in brown adipocytes and their precursors: A therapeutic potential

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-61

  Birerdinc, Aybike ^a   Jarrar, Mohammed ^a,b   Stotish, Tim ^a   Randhawa, Manpreet ^a   Baranova, Ancha ^a,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODERN SCIENCES   (United Arab Emirates)

^c RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Brown adipose; Obesity; PRDM16; UCP1

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAPSAICIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; THYROID HORMONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 7; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; CAPSAICIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PPAR GAMMA; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; THERMOGENESIS; THYROID HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84869882221     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: 18732194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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