Pharmacological Activation of Thyroid Hormone Receptors Elicits a Functional Conversion of White to Brown Fat

Cell Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1528-1537

  Lin, Jean Z ^a,b   Martagón, Alexandro J ^a,c   Cimini, Stephanie L ^a   Gonzalez, Daniel D ^a,c   Tinkey, David W ^a   Biter, Amadeo ^a   Baxter, John D ^a   Webb, Paul ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a,b   Hartig, Sean M ^d   Phillips, Kevin J ^d  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPROTIROME; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; SOBETIROME; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WHITE ADIPOCYTE;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84952871381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.10.022     Document Type: Article

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