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ArticleNuclear receptor research2018

Glucocorticoid Receptor and Adipocyte Biology.

Rebecca A Lee, Charles A Harris, Jen-Chywan Wang

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Article in Nuclear receptor research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Rebecca A LeeEndocrinology Graduate Program and Department of Nutritional Science & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3104, USA.
Charles A HarrisDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Jen-Chywan WangEndocrinology Graduate Program and Department of Nutritional Science & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3104, USA.
University of California, Berkeley · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS IN INSULIN RESISTANCER01DK106083 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SEMENKOVICH, CLAY F. · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Regulation of Insulin sensitivity by Glucocorticoid-Angiopoietin-like 4-Ceramide AxisR01DK113019 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI WANG, JEN-CHYWAN · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK106083NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK113019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones that play a key role in metabolic adaptations during stress, such as fasting and starvation, in order to maintain plasma glucose levels. Excess and chronic glucocorticoid exposure, however, causes metabolic syndrome including insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia. Studies in animal models of metabolic disorders frequently demonstrate that suppressing glucocorticoid signaling improves insulin sensitivity and metabolic profiles. Glucocorticoids convey their signals through an intracellular glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which is a transcriptional regulator. The adipocyte is one cell type that contributes to whole body metabolic homeostasis under the influence of GR. Glucocorticoids' functions on adipose tissues are complex. Depending on various physiological or pathophysiological states as well as distinct fat depots, glucocorticoids can either increase or decrease lipid storage in adipose tissues. In rodents, glucocorticoids have been shown to reduce the thermogenic activity of brown adipocytes. However, in human acute glucocorticoid exposure, glucocorticoids act to promote thermogenesis. In this article, we will review the recent studies on the mechanisms underlying the complex metabolic functions of GR in adipocytes. These include studies of the metabolic outcomes of adipocyte specific GR knockout mice and identification of novel GR primary target genes that mediate glucocorticoid action in adipocytes.

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AdipocyteBrown Adipose TissueGlucocorticoid ReceptorWhite Adipose Tissue

Identifiers

PMID30310815
PMCPMC6177265
OpenAlexW2894540772

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