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ArticleJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2011

MR properties of brown and white adipose tissues.

Gavin Hamilton, Daniel L Smith, Mark Bydder, Krishna S Nayak, Houchun H Hu

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Article in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01517581 (Study on the Association Between Brown Adipose Tissue Activation and White Adipose Tissue Accumulation in Successfully Treated Pediatric Malignancy), which is not on this map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01517581 completednot on this map

Study on the Association Between Brown Adipose Tissue Activation and White Adipose Tissue Accumulation in Successfully Treated Pediatric Malignancy

TypeobservationalSponsorChildren's Hospital Los AngelesRan2008 to 2011Enrolled32ConditionsHodgkins Lymphoma, Non-hodgkins Lymphoma
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gavin HamiltonDepartment of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Daniel L Smith
Mark Bydder
Krishna S Nayak
Houchun H Hu
University of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Southern California · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC)P30DK056336 · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2000 to 2025
$6.0M
UAB Obesity Training ProgramT32DK062710 · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2004 to 2025
$774k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo explore the MR signatures of brown adipose tissue (BAT) compared with white adipose tissue (WAT) using single-voxel MR spectroscopy. MATERIALS AND

methods(1) H MR STEAM spectra were acquired from a 3 Tesla clinical whole body scanner from seven excised murine adipose tissue samples of BAT (n=4) and WAT (n=3). Spectra were acquired at multiple echo times (TEs) and inversion times (TIs) to measure the T1, T2, and T2-corrected peak areas. A theoretical triglyceride model characterized the fat in terms of number of double bonds (ndb) and number of methylene-interrupted double bonds (nmidb).

resultsNegligible differences between WAT and BAT were seen in the T1 and T2 of fat and the T2 of water. However, the water fraction in BAT was higher (48.5%) compared with WAT (7.1%) and the T1 of water was lower in BAT (618 ms) compared with WAT (1053 ms). The fat spectrum also differed, indicating lower levels of unsaturated triglycerides in BAT (ndb=2.7, nmidb=0.7) compared with WAT (ndb=3.3, nmidb=1.0).

conclusionWe have demonstrated that there are several key MR-based signatures of BAT and WAT that may allow differentiation on MR imaging.

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Adipose Tissue, BrownAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsBody TemperatureBody WeightCohort StudiesFemaleImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiceReproducibility of ResultsWaterWater

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PMID21780237
PMCPMC3146031
OpenAlexW2011201575

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