In vitro brown and "brite"/"beige" adipogenesis: Human cellular models and molecular aspects

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1831, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 905-914

  Beranger, Guillaume E ^a,b,c   Karbiener, Michael ^d   Barquissau, Valentin ^c   Pisani, Didier F ^a,b,c   Scheideler, Marcel ^d   Langin, Dominique ^c,e,f   Amri, Ez Zoubir ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Brite; Gene expression; MicroRNA; White and brown adipocyte

Indexed keywords

2 [4 [2 [3 CYCLOHEXYL 1 (4 CYCLOHEXYLBUTYL)UREIDO]ETHYL]PHENYLTHIO] 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MICRORNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA ANTAGONIST; ROSIGLITAZONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE METABOLISM; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MURINAE;

EID: 84875819876     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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