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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2017

Short-Chain Fatty Acids Differentially Affect Intracellular Lipolysis in a Human White Adipocyte Model.

Johan W E Jocken, Manuel A González Hernández, Nicole T H Hoebers, Christina M van der Beek, Yvonne P G Essers, Ellen E Blaak, Emanuel E Canfora

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Glucose sensing and homeostasis by adipocyte GPCR.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Johan W E JockenDepartment of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Manuel A González HernándezDepartment of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Nicole T H HoebersDepartment of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Christina M van der BeekTop Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Yvonne P G EssersDepartment of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Ellen E BlaakDepartment of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Emanuel E CanforaDepartment of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Maastricht University Medical Centre · NLTiFN · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsGut-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), formed by microbial fermentation of dietary fibers, are believed to be involved in the etiology of obesity and diabetes. Previous data from our group showed that colonic infusions of physiologically relevant SCFA mixtures attenuated whole-body lipolysis in overweight men. To further study potential mechanisms involved in the antilipolytic properties of SCFA, we aimed to investigate the

methodshMADS adipocytes were incubated with mixtures of acetate, propionate, and butyrate or single SCFA (acetate, propionate and butyrate) in concentrations ranging between 1 µmol/L and 1 mmol/L. Glycerol release and lipase activation was investigated during basal conditions and following β-adrenergic stimulation.

resultsSCFA mixtures high in acetate and propionate decreased basal glycerol release, when compared to control (

conclusionThe present data demonstrated that acetate was mainly responsible for the antilipolytic effects of SCFA and acts

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acetateadipose tissuefat metabolismgut microbiotahormone-sensitive lipaseobesity

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PMID29375478
PMCPMC5768634
OpenAlexW2783879681

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