Brown fat activation reduces hypercholesterolaemia and protects from atherosclerosis development

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Berbeé, Jimmy F P ^a   Boon, Mariëtte R ^a   Khedoe, P Padmini S J ^a   Bartelt, Alexander ^b,c   Schlein, Christian ^b   Worthmann, Anna ^b   Kooijman, Sander ^a   Hoeke, Geerte ^a   Mol, Isabel M ^a   John, Clara ^b   Jung, Caroline ^b   Vazirpanah, Nadia ^a   Brouwers, Linda P J ^a   Gordts, Philip L S M ^d   Esko, Jeffrey D ^d   Hiemstra, Pieter S ^a   Havekes, Louis M ^a,e   Scheja, Ludger ^b   Heeren, Joerg ^b   Rensen, Patrick C N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 [2 [[2 (3 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXYETHYL]AMINO]PROPYL] 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE 2,2 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

BIOENERGETICS; FAT; FATTY ACID; OBESITY; PLASMA; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER CLEARANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COLD; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHOLESTEROL; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; RECEPTORS, LDL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84924365670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7356     Document Type: Article

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