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

2012/01/01 by Pontus Boström, Jun Wu, Mark P. Jedrychowski +16 · 4,752 citations
Chemistry · Medicine · Nursing · #Activator (genetics) #Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Adipose tissue #Biochemistry #Biology #Brown adipose tissue #Cell biology #Chemistry #Coactivator #Endocrinology #FNDC5 #Fatty Acid Research and Health #Gene #Glucose homeostasis #Hormone #Insulin #Insulin resistance #Internal medicine #Medicine #Myokine #Receptor #Skeletal muscle #Thermogenesis #Thermogenin #Transcription factor #White adipose tissue

paper · open access · doi:10.1038/nature10777

published in Nature 481(7382), 463-468 (Nature Portfolio)

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