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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2021

Browning white adipose tissue using adipose stromal cell-targeted resveratrol-loaded nanoparticles for combating obesity.

Yujiao Zu, Ling Zhao, Lei Hao, Yehia Mechref, Masoud Zabet-Moghaddam, Peter A Keyel, Mehrnaz Abbasi, Dayong Wu, John A Dawson, Ruiwen Zhang and 10 more

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Yujiao ZuDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Ling ZhaoDepartment of Nutrition, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Lei HaoDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Yehia MechrefDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; Center for Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Masoud Zabet-MoghaddamCenter for Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Peter A KeyelDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Mehrnaz AbbasiDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Dayong WuNutrition Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
John A DawsonDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; Center for Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Ruiwen ZhangDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Discovery Institute, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Shufang NieDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Naima Moustaid-MoussaDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Mikhail G KoloninBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Alexes C DaquinagBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Luis BrandiDepartment of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 70430, USA.
Irfan WarraichDepartment of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 70430, USA.
Susan K San FranciscoCenter for Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Xiaocun SunResearch Computing Support, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Zhaoyang FanDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Nano Tech Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Shu WangDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA. Electronic address: shu.wang.10@asu.edu.
Texas Tech University · USArizona State University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · USDiscovery Institute · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · USTufts University · US

Funding

American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 16SDG30200001American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 19AIREA34480011NCCIH NIH HHS R15 AT008733NCCIH NIH HHS R15 AT010395NIDDK NIH HHS R15 DK114790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enhancing thermogenic energy expenditure via promoting the browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) is a potential therapeutic strategy to manage energy imbalance and the consequent comorbidities associated with excess body weight. Adverse effects and toxicities of currently available methods to induce browning of WAT have retarded exploration of this promising therapeutic approach. Targeted delivery of browning agents to adipose stromal cells (ASCs) in subcutaneous WAT to induce differentiation into beige adipocytes may overcome these barriers. Herein, we report for the first time, ASC-targeted delivery of trans-resveratrol (R), a representative agent, using ligand-coated R-encapsulated nanoparticles (L-Rnano) that selectively bind to glycanation site-deficient decorin receptors on ASCs. After biweekly intravenous administration of L-Rnano to obese C57BL/6 J mice for 5 weeks targeted R delivery significantly induced ASCs differentiation into beige adipocytes, which subsequently resulted in 40% decrease in fat mass, accompanied by improved glucose homeostasis and decreased inflammation. Our results suggest that the ASC-targeted nanoparticle delivery of browning agents could be a transformative technology in combating obesity and its comorbidities with high efficacy and low toxicity.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesThermogenesisAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesityResveratrolStromal CellsResveratrolAdipose stromal cellsBeige adipocytesNanoparticlesObesitytrans-resveratrol

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PMID33766692
PMCPMC8396108
OpenAlexW3139531283

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