Four-week cold acclimation in adult humans shifts uncoupling thermogenesis from skeletal muscles to brown adipose tissue

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 595, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2099-2113

  Blondin, Denis P ^a   Daoud, Amani ^b,c   Taylor, Taryn ^d   Tingelstad, Hans C ^b   Bézaire, Véronic ^d   Richard, Denis ^e   Carpentier, André C ^a   Taylor, Albert W ^f   Harper, Mary Ellen ^b   Aguer, Céline ^b,c   Haman, François ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Hopital Montfort Hospital   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cold acclimation; energy metabolism; non shivering thermogenesis; proton leak; shivering; uncoupling

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MALIC ACID; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; OXYGEN; PROTON;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SHIVERING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER; ACCLIMATIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THERMOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012937999     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP273395     Document Type: Article

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