“Browning” of adipose tissue – regulation and therapeutic perspectives

An essential role for Tbx15 in the differentiation of brown and “brite” but not white adipocytes

(2012) Valentina Gburcik et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Hedgehog Partial Agonism Drives Warburg-like Metabolism in Muscle and Brown Fat

(2012) Raffaele Teperino et al.   CELL

Beige Adipocytes Are a Distinct Type of Thermogenic Fat Cell in Mouse and Human

(2012) Jun Wu et al.   CELL

PPARγ agonists Induce a White-to-Brown Fat Conversion through Stabilization of PRDM16 Protein

(2012) Haruya Ohno et al.   Cell Metabolism

Direct Control of Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis by Central Nervous System Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Signaling

(2012) S. H. Lockie et al.   DIABETES

Systemic  -Adrenergic Stimulation of Thermogenesis Is Not Accompanied by Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Humans

(2012) M. J. Vosselman et al.   DIABETES

Ephedrine activates brown adipose tissue in lean but not obese humans

(2012) A. L. Carey et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

FGF21 regulates PGC-1  and browning of white adipose tissues in adaptive thermogenesis

(2012) f. M. Fisher et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Brown adipose tissue regulates glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity

(2012) Kristin I. Stanford et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Cardiac natriuretic peptides act via p38 MAPK to induce the brown fat thermogenic program in mouse and human adipocytes

(2012) Marica Bordicchia et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis

(2012) Pontus Boström et al.   NATURE

MyomiR-133 regulates brown fat differentiation through Prdm16

(2012) Mirko Trajkovski et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The Adipocyte-Expressed Forkhead Transcription Factor Foxc2 Regulates Metabolism Through Altered Mitochondrial Function

(2011) M. E. Lidell et al.   DIABETES

Mir193b–365 is essential for brown fat differentiation

(2011) Lei Sun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Drosophila Genome-wide Obesity Screen Reveals Hedgehog as a Determinant of Brown versus White Adipose Cell Fate

(2010) J. Andrew Pospisilik et al.   CELL

Impact of Age on the Relationships of Brown Adipose Tissue With Sex and Adiposity in Humans

(2010) C. Pfannenberg et al.   DIABETES

Adenosine 5′-Monophosphate-Activated Protein Kinase-Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Cross Talk Regulates Brown Adipocyte Differentiation

(2010) Rocio Vila-Bedmar et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Metabolic consequences of the presence or absence of the thermogenic capacity of brown adipose tissue in mice (and probably in humans)

(2010) B Cannon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Outdoor Temperature, Age, Sex, Body Mass Index, and Diabetic Status Determine the Prevalence, Mass, and Glucose-Uptake Activity of18F-FDG-Detected BAT in Humans

(2010) Veronique Ouellet et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Perilipin Overexpression in White Adipose Tissue Induces a Brown Fat-Like Phenotype

(2010) Takashi Sawada et al.   PLoS One

Fibroblast growth factor 21 regulates energy metabolism by activating the AMPK–SIRT1–PGC-1α pathway

(2010) Mary D. L. Chau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of inducible brown adipocyte progenitors residing in skeletal muscle and white fat

(2010) T. J. Schulz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transdifferentiation properties of adipocytes in the adipose organ

(2009) Saverio Cinti   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Twist-1 Is a PPARδ-Inducible, Negative-Feedback Regulator of PGC-1α in Brown Fat Metabolism

(2009) Dongning Pan et al.   CELL

UCP1 Ablation Induces Obesity and Abolishes Diet-Induced Thermogenesis in Mice Exempt from Thermal Stress by Living at Thermoneutrality

(2009) Helena M. Feldmann et al.   Cell Metabolism

High Incidence of Metabolically Active Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adult Humans: Effects of Cold Exposure and Adiposity

(2009) M. Saito et al.   DIABETES

The presence of UCP1 demonstrates that metabolically active adipose tissue in the neck of adult humans truly represents brown adipose tissue

(2009) Maria Cristina Zingaretti et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Chronic Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ) Activation of Epididymally Derived White Adipocyte Cultures Reveals a Population of Thermogenically Competent, UCP1-containing Adipocytes Molecularly Distinct from Classic Brown Adipocytes

(2009) Natasa Petrovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Initiation of myoblast to brown fat switch by a PRDM16–C/EBP-β transcriptional complex

(2009) Shingo Kajimura et al.   NATURE

AMPK regulates energy expenditure by modulating NAD+ metabolism and SIRT1 activity

(2009) Carles Cantó et al.   NATURE

Functional Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adults

(2009) Kirsi A. Virtanen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Men

(2009) Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans

(2009) Aaron M. Cypess et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Human Multipotent Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Functional Brown Adipocytes

(2009) Christian Elabd et al.   STEM CELLS

Regulation of the brown and white fat gene programs through a PRDM16/CtBP transcriptional complex

(2008) S. Kajimura et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A Functional Interaction between RIP140 and PGC-1  Regulates the Expression of the Lipid Droplet Protein CIDEA

(2008) M. Hallberg et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch

(2008) Patrick Seale et al.   NATURE

New role of bone morphogenetic protein 7 in brown adipogenesis and energy expenditure

(2008) Yu-Hua Tseng et al.   NATURE