The brown fat secretome: Metabolic functions beyond thermogenesis

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 231-237

  Wang, Guo Xiao ^a   Zhao, Xu Yun ^a   Lin, Jiandie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Brown fat; Crosstalk; Energy balance; Metabolic disease; Secreted protein; Secretome; Thermogenesis; White adipose tissue; White fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; FGF12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NEUREGULIN-4; UCP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CELL; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; INNERVATION; OBESITY;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUREGULINS; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84928702835     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2015.03.002     Document Type: Review

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