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ReviewJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2012

A new, powerful player in lipoprotein metabolism: brown adipose tissue.

Alexander Bartelt, Martin Merkel, Joerg Heeren

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Review in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Brown fat fuel utilization and thermogenesis.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander BarteltDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Martin Merkel
Joerg Heeren
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEUniversität Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Important causes for modern epidemics such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are over- and malnutrition. Dietary as well as endogenous lipids are transported through the bloodstream in lipoproteins, and disturbances in lipoprotein metabolism are associated with atherosclerosis, heart disease, and diabetes. Recent findings reveal biological principles-how lipoproteins, in particular triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, are metabolized and what factors regulate their processing. The fate of triglycerides delivered by lipoproteins is quite simple: either they can be stored or they can be utilized for combustion or biosynthetic pathways. In the healthy state, fatty acids derived from triglycerides can be burned in the heart, muscle, and other organs for actual work load, or they can be stored in white adipose tissue. The combination of storage and combustion is realized in brown adipose tissue (BAT), a peripheral organ that was long thought to be only of relevance in small mammals: Recent data however prove that BAT plays an important role in human adults. Here, we will review recent insights on how BAT controls triglyceride clearance and the possible implications for the treatment of chronic diseases caused by lipid mishandling.

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Adipose Tissue, BrownAnimalsHumansInsulin ResistanceLipoproteinsTriglyceridesLipoproteinsTriglycerides

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PMID22231746
OpenAlexW1970113547

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