Brown and white adipose tissues: Intrinsic differences in gene expression and response to cold exposure in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Rosell, Meritxell ^a   Kaforou, Myrsini ^b   Frontini, Andrea ^c   Okolo, Anthony ^a   Chan, Yi Wah ^d   Nikolopoulou, Evanthia ^a   Millership, Steven ^a   Fenech, Matthew E ^e   MacIntyre, David ^a   Turner, Jeremy O ^e   Moore, Jonathan D ^d   Blackburn, Edith ^f   Gullick, William J ^f   Cinti, Saverio ^c   Montana, Giovanni ^a   Parker, Malcolm G ^a   Christian, Mark ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipokine; Brite; Brown adipose tissue; Cold; Subcutaneous white adipose tissue; Visceral white adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ARGININE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INITIATION FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAPPA CASEIN; KININOGEN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; IMMORTALIZED CELL LINE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LIPID STORAGE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOKINE; BRITE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD; SUBCUTANEOUS WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; VISCERAL WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PC12 CELLS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84900554165     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00473.2013     Document Type: Article

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