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ArticleNature communications2025

The widely used Ucp1-Cre transgene elicits complex developmental and metabolic phenotypes.

Manasi Suchit Halurkar, Oto Inoue, Archana Singh, Rajib Mukherjee, Meghana Ginugu, Christopher Ahn, Christian Louis Bonatto Paese, Molly Duszynski, Samantha A Brugmann, Hee-Woong Lim and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Transgene Mapping in Animals: What to Choose?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Manasi Suchit HalurkarDivision of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-6925
Oto InoueDivision of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5559-8981
Archana SinghDivision of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Rajib MukherjeeDivision of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Meghana GinuguDivision of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Christopher AhnDivision of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Christian Louis Bonatto PaeseDivision of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Molly DuszynskiDivision of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Samantha A BrugmannDivision of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Hee-Woong LimDivision of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8599-1808
Joan Sanchez-GurmachesDivision of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. juan.sanchezgurmaches@cchmc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1854-7832

Funding

LCenter for Clinical and Translational Science and TrainingUL1TR001425 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI HEUBI, JAMES E., KISSELA, BRETT M · 2015 to 2024
$37.5M
Stem Cell/Organoid and Genome Editing CoreP30DK078392 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI LEE ARMISTEAD DENSON · 2007 to 2026
$24.4M
Harnessing the therapeutic potential of neural crest cells by manipulating the primary ciliumR35DE027557 · NIDCR · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI BRUGMANN, SAMANTHA A · 2017 to 2024
$7.6M
A validated mouse model of brown fat targetingR21OD034470 · OD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI SANCHEZ-GURMACHES, JUAN · 2024 to 2025
$441k
Development of a mouse model of brown fat dystrophiaR21OD031907 · OD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI SANCHEZ-GURMACHES, JUAN · 2022 to 2023
$437k
American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 18CDA34080527American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 19POST34380545American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 18CDA34080527Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children's) Center for Mendelian GeneticsCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children's) Center for Pediatric GenomicsCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children's) CuSTOM innovation awardCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children's) Trustee AwardNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001425NIDCR NIH HHS R35 DE027557NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK078392NIH HHS R21 OD031907NIH HHS R21 OD034470U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 2UL1TR001425-05A1U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NIH Office of the Director (OD) R21OD034470
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic models, including most Cre-recombinases, enable potent interrogation of gene function in vivo but require rigorous validation as limitations emerge. Due to its high relevance to metabolic studies, we perform comprehensive analysis of the Ucp1-Cre

Indexed as

IntegrasesTransgenesUncoupling Protein 1Adipose Tissue, BrownAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsFemaleMaleMiceMice, TransgenicPhenotypeThermogenesisCre recombinaseIntegrasesUcp1 protein, mouseUncoupling Protein 1

Identifiers

PMID39824816
PMCPMC11742029

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