Journal of Lipid Research
Research ArticlesBrown adipose tissue whitening leads to brown adipocyte death and adipose tissue inflammation[S]
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This work was supported by Austrian Science Fund GrantZ136(Wittgenstein Award 2007) and European CommissionGrant 201608 (Targeting Obesity-driven Inflammation).
- AAKO
adipose-specific Atgl-knockout
- Atgl
adipose triglyceride lipase
- BAT
brown adipose tissue
- β-less mice
mice lacking β-adrenergic receptors
- CLS
crown-like structure
- ER
endoplasmic reticulum
- eWAT
epididymal WAT
- iBAT
interscapular BAT
- iWAT
inguinal WAT
- ko
knockout
- mBAT
mediastinal BAT
- Mt-Co1
mitochondrial-encoded cytochrome c oxidase 1
- mtDNA
mitochondrial DNA
- Ndufv1
NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) flavoprotein 1
- PB
phosphate buffer
- qPCR
quantitative PCR
- TEM
transmission electron microscopy
- UCP1
uncoupling protein 1
- WAT
white adipose tissue
Abbreviations:
- [S]
The online version of this article (available at http://www.jlr.org) contains a supplement.
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P. Kotzbeck and A. Giordano contributed equally to this work and are co-first authors.
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Present address of P. Kotzbeck: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.