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IP-receptor and PPARs trigger the conversion of human white to brite adipocyte induced by carbaprostacyclin.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Apr 2016
Ghandour Rayane A, Giroud Maude, Vegiopoulos Alexandros, Herzig Stephan, Ailhaud Gérard, Amri Ez-Zoubir, Pisani Didier F
Abstract excerpt
Brite adipocytes recently discovered in humans are of considerable importance in energy expenditure by converting energy excess into heat. This property could be useful in the treatment of obesity, and nutritional aspects are relevant to this important issue. Using hMADS cells as a human cell model which undergoes a white to a brite adipocyte conversion, we had shown previously that arachidonic acid, the major...
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