A systems perspective on brown adipogenesis and metabolic activation

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue , 2017, Pages 65-81

  Pradhan, R N ^a,b   Zachara, M ^a,b   Deplancke, B ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brown adipogenesis; gene regulatory network; metabolism; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BINDING PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE RESPONSE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE; LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; NUCLEAR FACTOR IA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PLACENTA SPECIFIC 8; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 140; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TWIST RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; WNT PROTEIN; UCP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADIPOGENESIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLD EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; OBESITY;

ACTIVATION, METABOLIC; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXERCISE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1-ALPHA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

EID: 85011860358     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12512     Document Type: Review

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