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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2023

An insight into brown/beige adipose tissue whitening, a metabolic complication of obesity with the multifactorial origin.

Khanyisani Ziqubu, Phiwayinkosi V Dludla, Sinenhlanhla X H Mthembu, Bongani B Nkambule, Sihle E Mabhida, Babalwa U Jack, Tawanda M Nyambuya, Sithandiwe E Mazibuko-Mbeje

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. New Mediators in the Crosstalk between Different Adipose Tissues.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Mitochondrial medicine in obesity: a scoping review.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Khanyisani ZiqubuDepartment of Biochemistry, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.
Phiwayinkosi V DludlaBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Sinenhlanhla X H MthembuDepartment of Biochemistry, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.
Bongani B NkambuleSchool of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Sihle E MabhidaBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Babalwa U JackBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Tawanda M NyambuyaDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia.
Sithandiwe E Mazibuko-MbejeDepartment of Biochemistry, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a thermoregulatory organ known to promote energy expenditure, has been extensively studied as a potential avenue to combat obesity. Although BAT is the opposite of white adipose tissue (WAT) which is responsible for energy storage, BAT shares thermogenic capacity with beige adipose tissue that emerges from WAT depots. This is unsurprising as both BAT and beige adipose tissue display a huge difference from WAT in terms of their secretory profile and physiological role. In obesity, the content of BAT and beige adipose tissue declines as these tissues acquire the WAT characteristics

Indexed as

Adipose Tissue, BeigeObesityBiological TransportBody Temperature RegulationEnergy MetabolismHumansbeige adipose tissuebrown adipose tissuemetabolic complicationsobesitywhitening

Identifiers

PMID36875450
PMCPMC9978510

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