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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Sex Differences in Brown Adipose Tissue Function: Sex Hormones, Glucocorticoids, and Their Crosstalk.

Kasiphak Kaikaew, Aldo Grefhorst, Jenny A Visser

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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60citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 89 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kasiphak KaikaewDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Aldo GrefhorstDepartment of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jenny A VisserDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLChulalongkorn University · THErasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive fat accumulation in the body causes overweight and obesity. To date, research has confirmed that there are two types of adipose tissue with opposing functions: lipid-storing white adipose tissue (WAT) and lipid-burning brown adipose tissue (BAT). After the rediscovery of the presence of metabolically active BAT in adults, BAT has received increasing attention especially since activation of BAT is considered a promising way to combat obesity and associated comorbidities. It has become clear that energy homeostasis differs between the sexes, which has a significant impact on the development of pathological conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Sex differences in BAT activity may contribute to this and, therefore, it is important to address the underlying mechanisms that contribute to sex differences in BAT activity. In this review, we discuss the role of sex hormones in the regulation of BAT activity under physiological and some pathological conditions. Given the increasing number of studies suggesting a crosstalk between sex hormones and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in metabolism, we also discuss this crosstalk in relation to sex differences in BAT activity.

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Sex FactorsAdipocytes, BrownAdipose Tissue, BrownAndrogensAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlucocorticoidsGonadal Steroid HormonesHomeostasisHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemLipid MetabolismLipidsMaleMiceAndrogensGlucocorticoidsGonadal Steroid HormonesLipidsandrogensbrown adipocytesestrogensglucocorticoidsprogesteronesex characteristicssex chromosomessteroid receptors

Identifiers

PMID33927694
PMCPMC8078866
OpenAlexW3155528909

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