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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021

Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Cold Exposure and β3-AR Agonist CL316,243-Induced Browning of White Fat.

Yu Li, Xiaodan Ping, Yankang Zhang, Guoqiang Li, Ting Zhang, Geng Chen, Xinran Ma, Dongmei Wang, Lingyan Xu

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaodan PingShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Yankang ZhangShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Guoqiang LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Ting ZhangShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Geng ChenShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Xinran MaShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Dongmei WangShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Lingyan XuShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
East China Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beige adipocytes are newly identified thermogenic-poised adipocytes that could be activated by cold or β3-adrenergic receptor (β3-AR) signaling and offer therapeutic potential for treating obesity and metabolic diseases. Here we applied RNA-sequencing analysis in the beige fat of mice under cold exposure or β3-AR agonist CL316,243 (CL) treatment to provide a comparative and comprehensive analysis for the similarity and heterogeneity of these two stimulants. Importantly, via KEGG analysis, we found that cold and CL commonly induced oxidative phosphorylation. Meanwhile, cold increased glycerolipid and amino acids metabolism while CL treatment triggered a broader spectrum of metabolic responses including carbohydrate metabolism. Besides, cold or CL treatment featured greater heterogeneity in downregulated gene programs. Of note, the top changed genes in each category were confirmed by qPCR analysis. Overall, our analysis provided a better understanding of the heterogeneity of differential models for beige adipocytes activation and a possible clue for optimizing β3-AR agonists in the future.

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browning of white fatcold exposureheterogeneity analysistranscriptomicsβ3-AR agonist

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PMID34017267
PMCPMC8129586
OpenAlexW3158624283

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