-
Article
Mammary duct luminal epithelium controls adipocyte thermogenic programme
Sympathetic activation during cold exposure increases adipocyte thermogenesis via the expression of mitochondrial protein uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)1. The propensity of adipocytes to express UCP1 is under a crit...
-
Article
Open AccessSingle-nucleus RNA sequencing of human pancreatic islets identifies novel gene sets and distinguishes β-cell subpopulations with dynamic transcriptome profiles
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides valuable insights into human islet cell types and their corresponding stable gene expression profiles. However, this approach requires cell dissociation that com...
-
Article
Open AccessNOTUM promotes thermogenic capacity and protects against diet-induced obesity in male mice
We recently showed that NOTUM, a liver-secreted Wnt inhibitor, can acutely promote browning of white adipose. We now report studies of chronic overexpression of NOTUM in liver indicating that it protects again...
-
Article
IDOL regulates systemic energy balance through control of neuronal VLDLR expression
Liver X receptors limit cellular lipid uptake by stimulating the transcription of inducible degrader of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (IDOL), an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets lipoprotein receptors fo...
-
Article
Glass structure and crystallization in boro-alumino-silicate glasses containing rare earth and transition metal cations: a US-UK collaborative program
Nuclear wastes generated from reprocessing of used nuclear fuel tend to contain a large fraction of rare earth (RE, e.g., Nd3+), transition (TM, e.g., Mo6+, Zr4+), alkali (A, e.g., Cs+), and alkaline earth cation...
-
Article
Transcriptional regulation of macrophage cholesterol efflux and atherogenesis by a long noncoding RNA
The conserved long noncoding RNA Me**s has anti-atherosclerotic effects in mice by acting with the nuclear hormone receptor LXR in macrophages to promote cholesterol efflux.
-
Article
Prdm4 induction by the small molecule butein promotes white adipose tissue browning
Microarray analysis of butein-treated adipocytes results in the identification of the PR domain containing 4 (Prdm4) transcription factor, which stimulates WAT browning and lipolysis and protects against diet-...