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ReviewDiscovery medicine2011

Temperatures rising: brown fat and bone.

Katherine J Motyl, Clifford J Rosen

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Review in Discovery medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Brown Fat Promotes Muscle Growth During Regeneration.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2019
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  5. Low temperature decreases bone mass in mice: Implications for humans.American journal of physical anthropology · 2018
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  9. Brown adipose tissue and bone.International journal of obesity supplements · 2015
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  14. Altered thermogenesis and impaired bone remodeling in Misty mice.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2013
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  15. Cold-activated brown adipose tissue is an independent predictor of higher bone mineral density in women.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2013
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  18. Brown adipose tissue and its relationship to bone structure in pediatric patients.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine J MotylCenter for Clinical and Translational Research, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Portland, Maine 04074, USA.
Clifford J Rosen
Maine Medical Center · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Study of Marrow Adiposity, Mineral Metabolism & Energy BalanceR24DK092759 · NIDDK · MAINEHEALTH · PI HOROWITZ, MARK C, MACDOUGALD, ORMOND A · 2011 to 2019
$13.0M
Genetics of IGF1 and Bone Density: The Role of NocturninR01AR045433 · NIAMS · MAINEHEALTH · PI ROSEN, CLIFFORD JAMES · 1998 to 2012
$6.8M
Interdisciplinary study of marrow adiposity, mineral metabolism,and energy balancR24DK084970 · NIDDK · MAINEHEALTH · PI HOROWITZ, MARK C, KLIBANSKI, ANNE · 2010 to 2010
$501k
NIAMS NIH HHS AR45433NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR045433NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK084970NIDDK NIH HHS R24DK084970NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK092759
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caloric restriction is associated with a reduction in body weight and temperature, as well as a reduction in trabecular bone volume and paradoxically an increase in adipocytes within the bone marrow. The nature of these adipocytes is uncertain, although there is emerging evidence of a direct relationship between bone remodeling and brown adipocytes. For example, in heterotrophic ossification, brown adipocytes set up a hypoxic gradient that leads to vascular invasion, chondrocyte differentiation, and subsequent bone formation. Additionally, deletion of retinoblastoma protein in an osteosarcoma model leads to increased hibernoma (brown fat tumor). Brown adipose tissue (BAT) becomes senescent with age at a time when thermoregulation is altered, bone loss becomes apparent, and sympathetic activity increases. Interestingly, heart rate is an unexpected but good predictor of fracture risk in elderly individuals, pointing to a key role for the sympathetic nervous system in senile osteoporosis. Hence the possibility exists that BAT could play an indirect role in age-related bone loss. However, evidence of an indirect effect from thermogenic dysfunction on bone loss is currently limited. Here, we present current evidence for a relationship between brown adipose tissue and bone as well as provide novel insights into the effects of thermoregulation on bone mineral density.

Indexed as

Body Temperature RegulationAdipose Tissue, BrownAnimalsBone and BonesHomeostasisHumans

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PMID21447277
PMCPMC3629549
OpenAlexW1571186106

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