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ArticleJournal of cancer prevention2017

Differential Tissue-specific and Pathway-specific Anti-obesity Effects of Green Tea and Taeumjowitang, a Traditional Korean Medicine, in Mice.

Junil Kim, Sujin Park, Haein An, Ji-Young Choi, Myung-Sook Choi, Sang-Woon Choi, Seong-Jin Kim

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Article in Journal of cancer prevention, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Junil KimThe Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Sujin ParkPrecision Medicine Research Center and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Korea.
Haein AnPrecision Medicine Research Center and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Korea.
Ji-Young ChoiCenter for Food and Nutritional Genomics Research and Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
Myung-Sook ChoiCenter for Food and Nutritional Genomics Research and Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
Sang-Woon ChoiChaum Life Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seong-Jin KimPrecision Medicine Research Center and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Korea.
Seoul National University · KRAdvanced Institute of Convergence Technology · KRFood & Nutrition · NLKyungpook National University · KRSungkyunkwan University · KRUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

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Abstract

backgroundTraditional medicines have been leveraged for the treatment and prevention of obesity, one of the fastest growing diseases in the world. However, the exact mechanisms underlying the effects of traditional medicine on obesity are not yet fully understood.

methodsWe produced the transcriptomes of epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT), liver, muscle, and hypothalamus harvested from mice fed a normal diet, high-fat-diet alone, high-fat-diet together with green tea, or a high-fat-diet together with Taeumjowitang, a traditional Korean medicine.

resultsWe found tissue-specific gene expression patterns as follows: (i) the eWAT transcriptome was more significantly altered by Taeumjowitang than by green tea, (ii) the liver transcriptome was similarly altered by Taeumjowitang and green tea, and (iii) both the muscle and hypothalamus transcriptomes were more significantly altered by green tea than Taeumjowitang. We then applied integrated network analyses, which revealed that functional networks associated with lymphocyte activation were more effectively regulated by Taeumjowitang than by green tea in the eWAT. In contrast, green tea was a more effective regulator of functional networks associated with glucose metabolic processes in the eWAT.

conclusionsTaeumjowitang and green tea have a differential tissue-specific and pathway-specific therapeutic effect on obesity.

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Gene regulatory networksObesityRNA sequencingTraditional medicine

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