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ArticleNutrients2020

Unique Genetic and Histological Signatures of Mouse Pericardial Adipose Tissue.

A Al-Dibouni, R Gaspar, S Ige, S Boateng, F R Cagampang, J Gibbins, R D Cox, D Sellayah

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Article in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A Al-DibouniSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, UK.
R GasparSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6639-9470
S IgeSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, UK.
S BoatengSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, UK.
F R CagampangInstitute of Developmental Sciences, Human Development and Health, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4404-9853
J GibbinsSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0372-5352
R D CoxMRC Harwell Institute, Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes, Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0RD, UK.
D SellayahSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, UK.
University of Reading · GBMary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell · GBUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U142661184Medical Research Council MR/P011683/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a major risk factor for a plethora of metabolic disturbances including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Accumulating evidence is showing that there is an adipose tissue depot-dependent relationship with obesity-induced metabolic dysfunction. While some adipose depots, such as subcutaneous fat, are generally metabolically innocuous, others such as visceral fat, are directly deleterious. A lesser known visceral adipose depot is the pericardial adipose tissue depot. We therefore set out to examine its transcriptional and morphological signature under chow and high-fat fed conditions, in comparison with other adipose depots, using a mouse model. Our results revealed that under chow conditions pericardial adipose tissue has uncoupling-protein 1 gene expression levels which are significantly higher than classical subcutaneous and visceral adipose depots. We also observed that under high-fat diet conditions, the pericardial adipose depot exhibits greatly upregulated transcript levels of inflammatory cytokines. Our results collectively indicate, for the first time, that the pericardial adipose tissue possesses a unique transcriptional and histological signature which has features of both a beige (brown fat-like) but also pro-inflammatory depot, such as visceral fat. This unique profile may be involved in metabolic dysfunction associated with obesity.

Indexed as

Gene ExpressionAdipogenesisAdipose TissueAdipose Tissue, BrownAnimalsDiet, High-FatInflammationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesityPericardiumSubcutaneous FatThermogenesisUncoupling Protein 1Ucp1 protein, mouseUncoupling Protein 1adipose tissuemetabolismobesity

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PMID32580292
PMCPMC7353424
OpenAlexW3036157431

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