Hypothalamic control of adipose tissue

Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans

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Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Men

van Marken Lichtenbelt, W. D., Vanhommerig, J. W., Smulders, N. M., Drossaerts, J. M. A. F. L., Kemerink, G. J., Bouvy, N. D., Schrauwen, P., & Teule, G. J. J. (2009) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa0808718 · Cited by 3,452 · see citing works

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

Wu, J., Boström, P., Sparks, L. M., Li, Y., Choi, J. H., Giang, A.-H., Khandekar, M. J., Virtanen, K. A., Nuutila, P., Schaart, G., et al. (2012) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.016 · Cited by 3,299 · see citing works

Functional Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adults

Virtanen, K. A., Lidell, M. E., Orava, J., Heglind, M., Westergren, R., Niemi, T., Taittonen, M., Laine, J., Savisto, N.-J., Enerbäck, S., et al. (2009) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa0808949 · Cited by 3,058 · see citing works

PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch

Seale, P., Bjork, B., Yang, W., Kajimura, S., Chin, S., Kuang, S., Scimè, A., Devarakonda, S., Conroe, H. M., Erdjument-Bromage, H., et al. (2008) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature07182 · Cited by 2,347 · see citing works

Brown and beige fat: Development, function and therapeutic potential

Harms, M., & Seale, P. (2013) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm.3361 · Cited by 2,328 · see citing works

High Incidence of Metabolically Active Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adult Humans

Saito, M., Okamatsu-Ogura, Y., Matsushita, M., Watanabe, K., Yoneshiro, T., Nio-Kobayashi, J., Iwanaga, T., Miyagawa, M., Kameya, T., Nakada, K., et al. (2009) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/db09-0530 · Cited by 1,848 · see citing works

Unexpected evidence for active brown adipose tissue in adult humans

Nedergaard, J., Bengtsson, T., & Cannon, B. (2007) · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00691.2006 · Cited by 1,824 · see citing works

Towards a molecular understanding of adaptive thermogenesis

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Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance

Bartelt, A., Bruns, O. T., Reimer, R., Hohenberg, H., Ittrich, H., Peldschus, K., Kaul, M. G., Tromsdorf, U. I., Weller, H., Waurisch, C., et al. (2011) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm.2297 · Cited by 1,608 · see citing works

Genetic Ablation of Orexin Neurons in Mice Results in Narcolepsy, Hypophagia, and Obesity

Hara, J., Beuckmann, C. T., Nambu, T., Willie, J. T., Chemelli, R. M., Sinton, C. M., Sugiyama, F., Yagami, K.-I., Goto, K., Yanagisawa, M., et al. (2001) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00293-8 · Cited by 1,401 · see citing works

Molecular Regulation of Adipogenesis

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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

Petrovic, N., Walden, T. B., Shabalina, I. G., Timmons, J. A., Cannon, B., & Nedergaard, J. (2010) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m109.053942 · Cited by 1,263 · see citing works

Prdm16 determines the thermogenic program of subcutaneous white adipose tissue in mice

Seale, P., Conroe, H. M., Estall, J. L., Kajimura, S., Frontini, A., Ishibashi, J., Cohen, P., Cinti, S., & Spiegelman, B. M. (2010) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci44271 · Cited by 1,241 · see citing works

Adipose tissue browning and metabolic health

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"Portal" adipose tissue as a generator of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

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Alternatively activated macrophages produce catecholamines to sustain adaptive thermogenesis

Nguyen, K. D., Qiu, Y., Cui, X., Goh, Y. P. S., Mwangi, J., David, T., Mukundan, L., Brombacher, F., Locksley, R. M., & Chawla, A. (2011) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature10653 · Cited by 1,038 · see citing works

Adaptive thermogenesis in adipocytes: Is beige the new brown?

Wu, J., Cohen, P., & Spiegelman, B. M. (2013) · Genes & Development · doi:10.1101/gad.211649.112 · Cited by 828 · see citing works

Adipose tissue heterogeneity: Implication of depot differences in adipose tissue for obesity complications

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Bi-directional interconversion of brite and white adipocytes

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The emergence of cold-induced brown adipocytes in mouse white fat depots is determined predominantly by white to brown adipocyte transdifferentiation

Barbatelli, G., Murano, I., Madsen, L., Hao, Q., Jimenez, M., Kristiansen, K., Giacobino, J., Matteis, R. D., & Cinti, S. (2010) · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00600.2009 · Cited by 751 · see citing works

Myogenic gene expression signature establishes that brown and white adipocytes originate from distinct cell lineages

Timmons, J. A., Wennmalm, K., Larsson, O., Walden, T. B., Lassmann, T., Petrovic, N., Hamilton, D. L., Gimeno, R. E., Wahlestedt, C., Baar, K., et al. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0610615104 · Cited by 732 · see citing works

A Unique Metalolic Sysdrone Causes Obesity in the Melanocortin-3 Receptor-Deficient Mouse

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In Vivo Identification of Bipotential Adipocyte Progenitors Recruited by β3-Adrenoceptor Activation and High-Fat Feeding

Lee, Y., Petkova, A. P., Mottillo, E. P., & Granneman, J. G. (2012) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2012.03.009 · Cited by 676 · see citing works

Evidence for two types of brown adipose tissue in humans

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Gonadal Hormones Determine Sensitivity to Central Leptin and Insulin

Clegg, D. J., Brown, L. M., Woods, S. C., & Benoit, S. C. (2006) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/diabetes.55.04.06.db05-1339 · Cited by 552 · see citing works

A Classical Brown Adipose Tissue mRNA Signature Partly Overlaps with Brite in the Supraclavicular Region of Adult Humans

Jespersen, N. Z., Larsen, T. J., Peijs, L., Daugaard, S., Homøe, P., Loft, A., de Jong, J. M. A., Mathur, N., Cannon, B., Nedergaard, J., et al. (2013) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2013.04.011 · Cited by 539 · see citing works

CNS origins of the sympathetic nervous system outflow to brown adipose tissue

Bamshad, M., Song, C. K., & Bartness, T. J. (1999) · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.6.r1569 · Cited by 437 · see citing works

The Changed Metabolic World with Human Brown Adipose Tissue: Therapeutic Visions

Nedergaard, J., & Cannon, B. (2010) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2010.03.007 · Cited by 426 · see citing works

Zfp423 Expression Identifies Committed Preadipocytes and Localizes to Adipose Endothelial and Perivascular Cells

Gupta, R. K., Mepani, R. J., Kleiner, S., Lo, J. C., Khandekar, M. J., Cohen, P., Frontini, A., Bhowmick, D. C., Ye, L., Cinti, S., et al. (2012) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2012.01.010 · Cited by 426 · see citing works

The central melanocortin system directly controls peripheral lipid metabolism

Nogueiras, R., Wiedmer, P., Perez-Tilve, D., Veyrat-Durebex, C., Keogh, J. M., Sutton, G. M., Pfluger, P. T., Castaneda, T. R., Neschen, S., Hofmann, S. M., et al. (2007) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci31743 · Cited by 396 · see citing works

Studies on the Metabolism of Adipose Tissue

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The Vascular Endothelium of the Adipose Tissue Gives Rise to Both White and Brown Fat Cells

Tran, K., Gealekman, O., Frontini, A., Zingaretti, M. C., Morroni, M., Giordano, A., Smorlesi, A., Perugini, J., Matteis, R. D., Sbarbati, A., et al. (2012) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2012.01.008 · Cited by 381 · see citing works

Selective parasympathetic innervation of subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat — functional implications

Kreier, F., Fliers, E., Voshol, P. J., van Eden, C. G., Havekes, L. M., Kalsbeek, A., Heijningen, C. L. V., Sluiter, A. A., Mettenleiter, T. C., Romijn, J. A., et al. (2002) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci15736 · Cited by 363 · see citing works

Neural innervation of white adipose tissue and the control of lipolysis

Bartness, T. J., Liu, Y., Shrestha, Y. B., & Ryu, V. (2014) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.04.001 · Cited by 358 · see citing works

Central nervous system origins of the sympathetic nervous system outflow to white adipose tissue

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Anatomical substrates for the central control of sympathetic outflow to interscapular adipose tissue during cold exposure

Cano, G., Passerin, A. M., Schiltz, J. C., Card, J. P., Morrison, S. F., & Sved, A. F. (2003) · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.10643 · Cited by 337 · see citing works

Differential Sensitivity to Central Leptin and Insulin in Male and Female Rats

Clegg, D. J., Riedy, C. A., Smith, K. A. B., Benoit, S. C., & Woods, S. C. (2003) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/diabetes.52.3.682 · Cited by 332 · see citing works

Selective parasympathetic innervation of subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat — functional implications

Kreier, F., Fliers, E., Voshol, P. J., van Eden, C. G., Havekes, L. M., Kalsbeek, A., Heijningen, C. L. V., Sluiter, A. A., Mettenleiter, T. C., Romijn, J. A., et al. (2002) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci0215736 · Cited by 331 · see citing works

The neurochemical characterisation of hypothalamic pathways projecting polysynaptically to brown adipose tissue in the rat

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Arcuate NPY Controls Sympathetic Output and BAT Function via a Relay of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Neurons in the PVN

Shi, Y.-C., Lau, J., Lin, Z., Zhang, H., Zhai, L., Sperk, G., Heilbronn, R., Mietzsch, M., Weger, S., Huang, X.-F., et al. (2013) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2013.01.006 · Cited by 266 · see citing works

Brain Insulin Controls Adipose Tissue Lipolysis and Lipogenesis

Scherer, T., O’Hare, J., Diggs‐Andrews, K. A., Schweiger, M., Cheng, B., Lindtner, C., Zieliński, E., Vempati, P., Su, K., Dighe, S. V., et al. (2011) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2011.01.008 · Cited by 262 · see citing works

Melanin-concentrating hormone is a critical mediator of the leptin-deficient phenotype

Segal‐Lieberman, G., Bradley, R. L., Kokkotou, E. G., Carlson, M., Trombly, D. J., Wang, X., Bates, S. H., Myers, M. G., Flier, J. S., & Maratos–Flier, E. (2003) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1633636100 · Cited by 235 · see citing works

An orexinergic projection from perifornical hypothalamus to raphe pallidus increases rat brown adipose tissue thermogenesis

Tupone, D., Madden, C. J., Cano, G., & Morrison, S. F. (2011) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3909-11.2011 · Cited by 228 · see citing works

RNAi-mediated silencing of estrogen receptor α in the ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus abolishes female sexual behaviors

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Seasonal Changes in Adiposity: the Roles of the Photoperiod, Melatonin and Other Hormones, and Sympathetic Nervous System

Bartness, T. J., Demas, G. E., & Song, C. K. (2002) · Experimental Biology and Medicine · doi:10.1177/153537020222700601 · Cited by 221 · see citing works

GABA-mediated inhibition of raphe pallidus neurons regulates sympathetic outflow to brown adipose tissue

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Selective Loss of Leptin Receptors in the Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Results in Increased Adiposity and a Metabolic Syndrome

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Regional adiposity and insulin resistance.

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Central Control of Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis

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New Powers of Brown Fat: Fighting the Metabolic Syndrome

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Distinct Developmental Signatures of Human Abdominal and Gluteal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Depots

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Catecholaminergic innervation of white adipose tissue in Siberian hamsters

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Regulatory circuits controlling white versus brown adipocyte differentiation

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White adipose tissue lacks significant vagal innervation and immunohistochemical evidence of parasympathetic innervation

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Characterization of MCH-mediated obesity in mice

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Is Visceral Fat Involved in the Pathogenesis of the Metabolic Syndrome? Human Model

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The brown adipocyte: update on its metabolic role

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Differential activation of the sympathetic innervation of adipose tissues by melanocortin receptor stimulation

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Role of the Central Melanocortin Circuitry in Adaptive Thermogenesis of Brown Adipose Tissue

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Adrenergic Innervation of Adipose Tissue examined by Fluorescence Microscopy

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Reciprocal relation of food intake and sympathetic activity: experimental observations and clinical implications

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Melanocortin-4 receptor mRNA expressed in sympathetic outflow neurons to brown adipose tissue: neuroanatomical and functional evidence

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Anorectic, thermogenic and anti-obesity activity of a selective orexin-1 receptor antagonist in ob/ob mice

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Brown Adipose Tissue: More Than an Effector of Thermogenesis?a

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Anterograde Transneuronal Viral Tracing of Central Viscerosensory Pathways in Rats

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Morphological studies on the adrenergic innervation of white adipose tissue

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Inflammatory Mediators of Hepatic Steatosis

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Excitatory amino acid receptor activation in the raphe pallidus area mediates prostaglandin-evoked thermogenesis

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Central sympathetic innervations to visceral and subcutaneous white adipose tissue

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CNS sympathetic outflow neurons to white fat that express MEL receptors may mediate seasonal adiposity

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Leptin-sensitive sensory nerves innervate white fat

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How brown is brown fat? It depends where you look

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Brown Fat and Skeletal Muscle: Unlikely Cousins?

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Vagaries of adipose tissue innervation

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Evidence for parasympathetic innervation of white adipose tissue, clearing up some vagaries

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