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ArticleMolecular metabolism2017

Brown adipocytes can display a mammary basal myoepithelial cell phenotype in vivo.

Li Li, Baoguo Li, Min Li, Chaoqun Niu, Guanlin Wang, Ting Li, Elżbieta Król, Wanzhu Jin, John R Speakman

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Article in Molecular metabolism, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Li LiState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
Baoguo LiState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
Min LiState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
Chaoqun NiuState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Guanlin WangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
Ting LiState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Elżbieta KrólInstitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Wanzhu JinKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
John R SpeakmanState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: j.speakman@genetics.ac.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePrevious work has suggested that white adipocytes may also show a mammary luminal secretory cell phenotype during lactation. The capacity of brown and beige/brite adipocytes to display a mammary cell phenotype and the levels at which they demonstrate such phenotypes in vivo is currently unknown.

methodsTo investigate the putative adipocyte origin of mammary gland cells, we performed genetic lineage-labeling experiments in BAT and the mammary glands.

resultsThese studies indicated that the classic brown adipocytes (Ucp1

conclusionsThe identification of a brown adipocyte origin of mammary myoepithelial cells provides a novel perspective on the interrelationships between adipocytes and mammary cells with implications for our understanding of obesity and breast cancer.

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Adipocytes, BeigeAdipocytes, BrownAdipocytes, WhiteAdipogenesisAnimalsEpithelial CellsFemaleMammary Glands, AnimalMiceMice, TransgenicObesityPhenotypeThermogenesisUncoupling Protein 1Ucp1 protein, mouseUncoupling Protein 1Basal myoepithelial cellsBeige/brite adipocytesBrown adipocytesLactationMammary gland

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PMID29031720
PMCPMC5641686

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