ArticleNPJ microgravity2021
Evidence for increased thermogenesis in female C57BL/6J mice housed aboard the international space station.
Article in NPJ microgravity, 2021. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spaceflight and the rodent skeleton: A perspective.Bone reports · 2026Review
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- The utility of animal models to inform the next generation of human space exploration.NPJ microgravity · 2025Review
- Mechanical loading on osteocytes regulates thermogenesis homeostasis of brown adipose tissue by influencing osteocyte-derived exosomes.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2024Article
- Microgravity's effects on miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks in a mouse model of segmental bone defects.PloS one · 2024Article
- Small changes in thermoregulation influence cancellous bone turnover balance in distal femur metaphysis in growing female mice.Bone reports · 2023Article
- Changes in interstitial fluid flow, mass transport and the bone cell response in microgravity and normogravity.Bone research · 2022Review
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Abstract
Sixteen-week-old female C57BL/6J mice were sacrificed aboard the International Space Station after 37 days of flight (RR-1 mission) and frozen carcasses returned to Earth. RNA was isolated from interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) and gonadal white adipose tissue (WAT). Spaceflight resulted in differential expression of genes in BAT consistent with increased non-shivering thermogenesis and differential expression of genes in WAT consistent with increased glucose uptake and metabolism, adipogenesis, and β-oxidation.
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