Cofactor squelching is the term used to describe competition between transcription factors (TFs) for a limited amount of cofactors in a cell with the functional consequence that TFs in a …
Brown adipocytes regulate energy expenditure via mitochondrial uncoupling. This makes these fat cells attractive therapeutic targets to tackle the burgeoning issue of obesity, which …
A Loft, I Forss, S Mandrup - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Brown and brown-like adipocytes are specialized adipocytes with a high capacity to convert metabolic energy to heat. This function is not only eminent in supporting organismal …
SK Sasse, M Gruca, MA Allen, V Kadiyala… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
The glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1, also known as GR) binds to specific DNA sequences and directly induces transcription of anti-inflammatory genes that contribute to cytokine …
D Salinas-Rubio, AR Tovar… - Current Opinion in Clinical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Obesity is a chronic disease characterized by increased adipose tissue due to either an increase in the size (hypertrophy) and/or number of adipocytes (hyperplasia). Hyperplasia is …