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ReviewJournal of cellular physiology2014

G protein-coupled receptors and adipogenesis: a focus on adenosine receptors.

Anna Eisenstein, Katya Ravid

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of cellular physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Glucose sensing and homeostasis by adipocyte GPCR.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
  6. The ATP-dependent Pathways and Human Diseases.Current medicinal chemistry · 2023
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Purinergic signaling in diabetes and metabolism.Biochemical pharmacology · 2021
    Review
  11. Protective Effect of Adenosine AFrontiers in pharmacology · 2020
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. AFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2017
    Article
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  18. The Role of Adenosine ABioMed research international · 2017
    Review
  19. Article
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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.

Anna EisensteinDepartment of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Katya Ravid
Boston University · US

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI GREENBERG, ANDREW S, PERISSI, VALENTINA · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
Training Program in Cardiovascular Biology: Pre-DoctoralT32HL007969 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI RAVID, KATYA · 2003 to 2019
$3.2M
Adenosine Receptors and AtherogenesisR01HL093149 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI RAVID, KATYA · 2009 to 2012
$1.6M
A2b Adenosine Receptor Regulation of Metabolic Disease and InflammationF30DK098834 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI EISENSTEIN, ANNA · 2013 to 2015
$126k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL007969NHLBI NIH HHS HL93149NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093149NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007969NIDDK NIH HHS DK046200NIDDK NIH HHS DK098834NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK098834NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of proteins that coordinate extracellular signals to produce physiologic outcomes. Adenosine receptors (AR) are one class of GPCRs that have been shown to regulate functions as diverse as inflammation, blood flow, and cellular differentiation. Adenosine signals through four GPCRs that either inhibit (A1AR and A3AR) or activate (A2aAR and A2bAR) adenylyl cyclase. This review will focus on the role of GPCRs, and in particular, adenosine receptors, in adipogenesis. Preadipocytes differentiate to mature adipocytes as the adipose tissue expands to compensate for the consumption of excess nutrients. These newly generated adipocytes contribute to maintaining metabolic homeostasis. Understanding the key drivers of this differentiation process can aid the development of therapeutics to combat the growing obesity epidemic and associated metabolic consequences. Although much literature has covered the transcriptional events that culminate in the formation of an adipocyte, less focus has been on receptor-mediated extracellular signals that direct this process. This review will highlight GPCRs and their downstream messengers as significant players controlling adipocyte differentiation.

Indexed as

AdipogenesisAdipose TissueAnimalsGene Expression RegulationHumansReceptors, Purinergic P1Receptors, Purinergic P1

Identifiers

PMID24114647
PMCPMC4362544
OpenAlexW1572670061

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