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ReviewObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019

Transcriptional Control of Brown and Beige Fat Development and Function.

Suzanne N Shapira, Patrick Seale

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Review in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 109 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suzanne N ShapiraInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Smilow Center for Translational Research, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Patrick SealeInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Smilow Center for Translational Research, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM008216 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPSTEIN, DOUGLAS J · 1987 to 2023
$8.3M
VANADIUM INTERACTION STUDIES IN RELATION TO THE INHIBITION OF NA+-K+-ATPASES06GM008216 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT HUMACAO · PI ALEGRIA, ANTONIO E · 1989 to 2010
$8.0M
Regulation of brown and beige adipocyte development through Ebf2R01DK103008 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SEALE, PATRICK · 2014 to 2017
$1.4M
Regulation of brown and beige adipogenesis by the histone reader DPF3F31DK108507 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHAPIRA, SUZANNE · 2015 to 2018
$99k
NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK108507NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103008NIGMS NIH HHS S06 GM008216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adipose tissue, once viewed as an inert organ of energy storage, is now appreciated to be a central node for the dynamic regulation of systemic metabolism. There are three general types of adipose tissue: white, brown, and brown-in-white or "beige" fat. All three types of adipose tissue communicate extensively with other organs in the body, including skin, liver, pancreas, muscle, and brain, to maintain energy homeostasis. When energy intake chronically exceeds energy expenditure, obesity and its comorbidities can develop. Thus, understanding the molecular mechanisms by which different types of adipose tissues develop and function could uncover new therapies for combating disorders of energy imbalance. In this review, the recent findings on the transcriptional and chromatin-mediated regulation of brown and beige adipose tissue activity are highlighted.

Indexed as

Adipose Tissue, BeigeAdipose Tissue, BrownHumansObesity

Identifiers

PMID30569639
PMCPMC6309799
OpenAlexW2906598935

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