MiR-155 regulates differentiation of brown and beige adipocytes via a bistable circuit

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yong ^a,b   Siegel, Franziska ^a   Kipschull, Stefanie ^a   Haas, Bodo ^a,c   Fröhlich, Holger ^d   Meister, Gunter ^e,f   Pfeifer, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NRW International Graduate Research School BIOTECH PHARMA   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES   (Germany)

^d Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA; MIRN155 MICRORNA, MOUSE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

FAT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PROTEIN; RNA; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; WHITE ADIPOCYTE;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84877747920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2742     Document Type: Article

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