MicroRNA-378 controls classical brown fat expansion to counteract obesity

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pan, Dongning ^a   Mao, Chunxiao ^a   Quattrochi, Brian ^a   Friedline, Randall H ^a   Zhu, Lihua J ^a   Jung, Dae Young ^a   Kim, Jason K ^a   Lewis, Brian ^a   Wang, Yong Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 378; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE PDE1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1; MIRN378 MICRORNA, MOUSE; PDE1B PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT; GENE EXPRESSION; OBESITY; RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 1; DIET, HIGH-FAT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; OBESITY;

EID: 84907377132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5725     Document Type: Article

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