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ArticleAdipocyte2020

Activated brown adipose tissue and its relationship to adiposity and metabolic markers: an exploratory study.

Malini Soundarrajan, Jie Deng, Mary Kwasny, Nicholas C Rubert, Paige C Nelson, Dalya A El-Seoud, Lewis Landsberg, Lisa M Neff

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Article in Adipocyte, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The TBLR1/TBL1 Co-Factor Complex Acts as a Transcriptional Checkpoint in the Brown Adipose Tissue Response to Prolonged Cold Exposure.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  6. International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  7. Changes in brown adipose tissue lipid mediator signatures with aging, obesity, and DHA supplementation in female mice.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Malini SoundarrajanDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jie DengDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mary KwasnyDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Nicholas C RubertDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Paige C NelsonDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Dalya A El-SeoudDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5025-0161
Lewis LandsbergDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lisa M NeffDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Northwestern University · USLurie Children's Hospital · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

TRAINING IN METABOLISM, DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGYT32DK007169 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Joseph Bass · 1988 to 2026
$6.6M
Measuring Human BAT Volume and Activity by Quantitative and Functional MRIR21DK103145 · NIDDK · LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO · PI DENG, JIE · 2014 to 2015
$378k
NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK103145NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdiposityAdiponectinAdipose Tissue, BrownAdolescentBiomarkersCross-Sectional StudiesFibroblast Growth FactorsGlucoseHumansInsulinInterleukin-6LeptinMalePositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyThyroid HormonesYoung AdultAdiponectinADIPOQ protein, humanBiomarkersFGF21 protein, humanFibroblast Growth FactorsGlucoseIL6 protein, humanInsulinInterleukin-6LEP protein, humanLeptinThyroid HormonesadiposityBrown adipose tissuemetabolism

Identifiers

PMID32043413
PMCPMC7039639
OpenAlexW3006419992

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Registered trials

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