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ArticleScientific reports2019

Fibroblast growth factor 8b induces uncoupling protein 1 expression in epididymal white preadipocytes.

Sören Westphal, Thomas Gantert, Caroline Kless, Kristina Hüttinger, Martin Klingenspor, Tobias Fromme

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sören WestphalDepartment of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. soeren.westphal@t-online.de.
Thomas GantertChair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
Caroline KlessChair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
Kristina HüttingerChair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
Martin KlingensporChair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
Tobias FrommeChair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. fromme@tum.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9150-2513
Technical University of Munich · DEElse Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung · DEUniversität Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of brown adipocytes residing within murine white fat depots (brite adipocytes) varies a lot by depot, strain and physiological condition. Several endocrine fibroblast growth factors are implicated in the regulation of brite adipocyte abundance. The family of fibroblast growth factors can be categorized by their site of action into endocrine, paracrine and intracellular peptides. We here screened paracrine fibroblast growth factors for their potential to drive brite adipogenesis in differentiating epididymal white adipocytes and identified fibroblast growth factor 8b to induce uncoupling protein 1 expression, but at the same time to interfere in adipogenesis. In an in vivo trial, fibroblast growth factor 8b released into the epididymal fat depot failed to robustly increase the number of brite adipocytes. The specific action of fibroblast growth factor 8b on the uncoupling protein 1 promoter in cultured epididymal adipocytes provides a model system to dissect specific gene regulatory networks.

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Adipocytes, WhiteAdipogenesisAnimalsCell ProliferationEpididymisFibroblast Growth Factor 8HumansMaleMiceMitochondriaParacrine CommunicationPPAR gammaRNA, MessengerUncoupling Protein 1Fibroblast Growth Factor 8PPAR gammaRNA, MessengerUncoupling Protein 1

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PMID31186471
PMCPMC6560125
OpenAlexW2950229582

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