Optical visualisation of thermogenesis in stimulated single-cell brown adipocytes

Abstract The identification of brown adipose deposits in adults has led to significant interest in targeting this metabolically active tissue for treatment of obesity and diabetes. Improved methods for the direct measurement of heat production as the signature function of brown adipocytes (BAs), par...

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Main Authors: Rókus Kriszt, Satoshi Arai, Hideki Itoh, Michelle H. Lee, Anna G. Goralczyk, Xiu Min Ang, Aaron M. Cypess, Andrew P. White, Farnaz Shamsi, Ruidan Xue, Jung Yeol Lee, Sung-Chan Lee, Yanyan Hou, Tetsuya Kitaguchi, Thankiah Sudhaharan, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, E. Birgitte Lane, Young-Tae Chang, Yu-Hua Tseng, Madoka Suzuki, Michael Raghunath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00291-9