Abstract

While the role of BAT in maintaining body temperature is unambiguous, BATs contribution to body weight regulation is not well understood. Rothwell and Stock (Nature, 1979) showed that overfeeding rodents a high fat diet stimulated BAT, suggesting a role for BAT in limiting weight gain. However, the idea that BAT has this function is far from universally accepted. Experiments are now being designed and others underway using mice to examine the contribution of BAT to regulation of body weight (and adiposity) and insulin resistance.

  Funding Agency

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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Investigator-Initiated Intramural Research Projects (ZIA)
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1ZIADK075064-02
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8741604
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2
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$280,091
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  Institution

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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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  Publications

Reitman, Marc L (2018) Of mice and men - environmental temperature, body temperature, and treatment of obesity. FEBS Lett 592:2098-2107
Reitman, Marc L (2017) How Does Fat Transition from White to Beige? Cell Metab 26:14-16
Xiao, Cuiying; Reitman, Marc L (2016) Bombesin-Like Receptor 3: Physiology of a Functional Orphan. Trends Endocrinol Metab 27:603-605
Xiao, Cuiying; Goldgof, Margalit; Gavrilova, Oksana et al. (2015) Anti-obesity and metabolic efficacy of the ?3-adrenergic agonist, CL316243, in mice at thermoneutrality compared to 22°C. Obesity (Silver Spring) 23:1450-9
Abreu-Vieira, Gustavo; Xiao, Cuiying; Gavrilova, Oksana et al. (2015) Integration of body temperature into the analysis of energy expenditure in the mouse. Mol Metab 4:461-70
Ravussin, Yann; Xiao, Cuiying; Gavrilova, Oksana et al. (2014) Effect of intermittent cold exposure on brown fat activation, obesity, and energy homeostasis in mice. PLoS One 9:e85876
Tschöp, Matthias H; Speakman, John R; Arch, Jonathan R S et al. (2011) A guide to analysis of mouse energy metabolism. Nat Methods 9:57-63