ReviewMolecular aspects of medicine2019
Contribution of brown adipose tissue to human energy metabolism.
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- Brown adipose tissue activity impacts systemic lactate clearance in male mice.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- Harnessing Adipose Ferroptosis: A Promising Novel Pathway for Obesity Treatment.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
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- Distinct effects of semaglutide and tirzepatide on metabolic and inflammatory gene expression in brown adipose tissue of mice fed a high-fat, high-fructose diet.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Imaging Brown Adipose Tissue: Current State and Future Perspective.Theranostics · 2025Review
- Cold-induced shivering for metabolic health.Nature metabolism · 2024Article
- Housing mice near vs. below thermoneutrality affects drug-induced weight loss but does not improve prediction of efficacy in humans.Cell reports · 2024Article
- E4bp4-Cyp3a11 axis in high-fat diet-induced obese mice with weight fluctuation.Nutrition & metabolism · 2024Article
- Dapagliflozin promotes browning of white adipose tissue through the FGFR1-LKB1-AMPK signaling pathway.Molecular biology reports · 2024Article
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- Naringin ameliorates obesity via stimulating adipose thermogenesis and browning, and modulating gut microbiota in diet-induced obese mice.Current research in food science · 2024Article
- Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists decrease hyperinsulinemia and hyperandrogenemia in dehydroepiandrosterone-induced polycystic ovary syndrome mice and are associated with mitigating inflammation and inducing browning of white adipose tissue†.Biology of reproduction · 2023Article
- Brown Adipose Tissue: A New Potential Target for Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists in the Treatment of Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Developmental programming: Adipose depot-specific regulation of non-coding RNAs and their relation to coding RNA expression in prenatal testosterone and prenatal bisphenol-A -treated female sheep.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2023Article
- Circular RNA- and microRNA-Mediated Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Preadipocyte Differentiation in Adipogenesis: From Expression Profiling to Signaling Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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- Progress and obstacles in transplantation of brown adipose tissue or engineered cells with thermogenic potential for metabolic benefits.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The present "obesogenic' environment has favored excessive energy intake resulting in the current obesity epidemic and its associated diseases. The epidemic has incentivized scientists to develop novel behavioral and pharmacological strategies that enhance energy expenditure to compensate for excessive energy intake. Although physical activity is effective to increase total energy expenditure, it is insufficient to induce negative energy balance and weight loss. With the discovery of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in adult humans, BAT activation soon emerged as a potential strategy for elevating energy expenditure. BAT is the only tissue that expresses uncoupling protein 1, conferring on this tissue high thermogenic capacity due to a low efficiency for mitochondrial ATP generation. Potential manipulation of BAT mass and activity has fueled the interest in altering whole-body energy balance through increased energy expenditure. Remarkable advances have been made in quantifying the amount and activity of BAT in humans. Many studies have concluded that the amount of active BAT appears insufficient to induce meaningful increases in energy expenditure. Thus, the majority of studies report that BAT activation does not influence body weight and metabolic control in humans. Strategies to increase BAT mass and/or to potentiate BAT activity seem necessary.
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