Adipose-tissue plasticity in health and disease

A Sakers, MK De Siqueira, P Seale, CJ Villanueva - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Adipose tissue, colloquially known as" fat," is an extraordinarily flexible and heterogeneous
organ. While historically viewed as a passive site for energy storage, we now appreciate that …

The cellular and functional complexity of thermogenic fat

P Cohen, S Kajimura - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Brown and beige adipocytes are mitochondria-enriched cells capable of dissipating energy
in the form of heat. These thermogenic fat cells were originally considered to function solely …

[HTML][HTML] New advances in adaptive thermogenesis: UCP1 and beyond

ET Chouchani, L Kazak, BM Spiegelman - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Brown and beige adipocytes can catabolize stored energy to generate heat, and this distinct
capacity for thermogenesis could be leveraged as a therapy for metabolic diseases like …

Regulation and Metabolic Significance of De Novo Lipogenesis in Adipose Tissues

Z Song, AM **aoli, F Yang - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
De novo lipogenesis (DNL) is a complex and highly regulated process in which
carbohydrates from circulation are converted into fatty acids that are then used for …

Brown adipose tissue—a translational perspective

AC Carpentier, DP Blondin, F Haman… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) displays the unique capacity to generate heat through
uncoupled oxidative phosphorylation that makes it a very attractive therapeutic target for …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive quantification of metabolic flux during acute cold stress in mice

MR Bornstein, MD Neinast, X Zeng, Q Chu, J Axsom… - Cell metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Cold-induced thermogenesis (CIT) is widely studied as a potential avenue to treat obesity,
but a thorough understanding of the metabolic changes driving CIT is lacking. Here, we …

The evolving view of thermogenic adipocytes—ontogeny, niche and function

F Shamsi, CH Wang, YH Tseng - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
The worldwide incidence of obesity and its sequelae, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, have
reached pandemic levels. Central to the development of these metabolic disorders is …

Metabolic adaptation and maladaptation in adipose tissue

ET Chouchani, S Kajimura - Nature metabolism, 2019 - nature.com
Adipose tissue possesses the remarkable capacity to control its size and function in
response to a variety of internal and external cues, such as nutritional status and …

Lipid droplet‐dependent fatty acid metabolism controls the immune suppressive phenotype of tumor‐associated macrophages

H Wu, Y Han, Y Rodriguez Sillke, H Deng… - EMBO molecular …, 2019 - embopress.org
Tumor‐associated macrophages (TAM s) promote tumor growth and metastasis by
suppressing tumor immune surveillance. Herein, we provide evidence that the …

UCP1 dependent and independent thermogenesis in brown and beige adipocytes

K Ikeda, T Yamada - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mammals have two types of thermogenic adipocytes: brown adipocytes and beige
adipocytes. Thermogenic adipocytes express high levels of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) to …