ArticleFASEB bioAdvances2021
Browning of adipose tissue and increased thermogenesis induced by Methotrexate.
Article in FASEB bioAdvances, 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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- The Identification of Novel Therapeutic Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Combined Bioinformatics and Integrated Multi-Omics Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Metabolic dysfunction in mice with adipocyte-specific ablation of the adenosine A2A receptor.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2025Article
- Brown adipocyte exosome - derived C22:6 inhibits the IL-1β signaling pathway to alleviate rheumatoid arthritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Energy Regulation in Inflammatory Sarcopenia by the Purinergic System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Browning of adipose tissue and increased thermogenesis induced by Methotrexate.FASEB bioAdvances · 2021Article
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Abstract
Methotrexate (MTX) is widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis due to its well-known anti-inflammatory role in immune cells but its impact on brown and beige adipose tissue biology has not yet been investigated. Here, we present the novel evidence that MTX treatment increases the gene expression of thermogenic genes in brown and beige adipose tissues in a fat cell autonomous manner. Furthermore, we show that treatment of mice with MTX is associated with cold resistance, improved glucose homeostasis, decreased inflammation, and reduced hepatosteatosis in high-fat diet states. Overall, our data provide novel evidence of a role of MTX on thermogenic tissues not previously appreciated.
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