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Cyclooxygenase-2 Controls Energy Homeostasis in Mice by de Novo Recruitment of Brown Adipocytes

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Vegiopoulos, Alexandros, Müller-Decker, Karin, Strzoda, Daniela, Schmitt, Iris, Chichelnitskiy, Evgeny, Ostertag, Anke, Diaz, Mauricio Berriel, Rozman, Jan, Hrabe de Angelis, Martin, Nüsing, Rolf M., Meyer, Carola W., Wahli, Walter, Klingenspor, Martin, Herzig, Stephan·2010·Science

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Fat-Burning Fat: In mammals, fat exists in two forms—the well-known white adipose tissue (WAT), which stores energy and is associated with obesity, and the lesser-known brown adipose tissue (BAT), which burns energy to generate heat. BAT's role in human physiology was once thought to be restricted to newborns, but the recent discovery that adults also harbor functional BAT has re-ignited interest in the factors regulating BAT development and their potential as targets for anti-obesity therapies. Vegiopoulos et al. (p. 1158 , published online 6 May; see the Perspective Ishibashi and Seale ) now show that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), an enzyme critical to prostaglandin synthesis, triggers fat progenitor cells in mice to differentiate into BAT rather than WAT. Mice overexpressing COX-2 displayed increased energy expenditure and were protected from diet-induced obesity.

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Vegiopoulos, A., Müller-Decker, K., Strzoda, D., Schmitt, I., Chichelnitskiy, E., Ostertag, A., Diaz, M. B., Rozman, J., Hrabe de Angelis, M., Nüsing, R. M., Meyer, C. W., Wahli, W., Klingenspor, M., & Herzig, S.
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Science
Published
2010-05-28
Volume
328
Issue
5982
Pages
1158-1161
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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journal article
Language
en
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Vegiopoulos, A., Müller-Decker, K., Strzoda, D., Schmitt, I., Chichelnitskiy, E., Ostertag, A., Diaz, M. B., Rozman, J., Hrabe de Angelis, M., Nüsing, R. M., Meyer, C. W., Wahli, W., Klingenspor, M., & Herzig, S. (2010). Cyclooxygenase-2 Controls Energy Homeostasis in Mice by de Novo Recruitment of Brown Adipocytes. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1186034

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