Beyond the Sympathetic Tone: The New Brown Fat Activators
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If we could avoid the side effects associated with global sympathetic activation, activating brown adipose tissue to increase thermogenesis would be a safe way to lose weight. The discovery of adrenergic-independent brown fat activators opens the prospect of developing this alternative way to efficiently and safely induce negative energy balance.
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FGF21, irisin, and BAs have the capability to promote thermogenic function.
“Due to the potential therapeutic effect of increasing overall energy consumption by promoting brite and brown adipose cell metabolism, recent research has focused on the identification of natural hormones or compounds with the capability to promote thermogenic function, such as FGF21, irisin, and BAs 151.”
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- Authors
- Villarroya, F., & Vidal-Puig, A.
- Affiliations
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Villarroya, Francesc
- ORCID
- Villarroya, Francesc
- Venue
- Cell Metabolism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 638-643
- ISSN
- 1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1999310337
- Cited by
- 209
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 18.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- British Heart Foundation (PG/12/53/29714)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/J009865/1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Keywords
- brown adipose tissue, thermogenesis, sympathetic nervous system, weight loss, negative energy balance
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Body Weight, Adipose Tissue, Brown, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Sympathetic Nervous System, Weight Loss, Thermogenesis
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