Apelin enhances brown adipogenesis and browning of white adipocytes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 14679-14691

  Than, Aung ^a   He, Hui Ling ^a   Chua, Si Hui ^a   Xu, Dan ^b   Sun, Lei ^b   Leow, Melvin Khee Shing ^c   Chen, Peng ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUTRITION; TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDERS; MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTORS; UNCOUPLING PROTEINS;

METABOLISM;

2 CHLORO 5 NITRO N (4 PYRIDYL)BENZAMIDE; ADIPOCYTE PROTEIN 2; APELIN; APELIN RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CELL DEATH INDUCING DFFA LIKE EFFECTOR A PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NORADRENALIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 16; PROTEIN KINASE B; TROGLITAZONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; ADIPOCYTOKINE; APLN PROTEIN, MOUSE; APLN PROTEIN, RAT; APLNR PROTEIN, MOUSE; APLNR PROTEIN, RAT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84930678929     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.643817     Document Type: Article

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