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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Patrick Seale
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8044 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell metabolism 20070701 1
Brown fat cells are specialized to dissipate energy and can counteract obesity; however, the transcriptional basis of their determination is largely unknown. We show here that the zinc-finger protein PRDM16 is highly enriched in brown fat cells compared to white fat cells. When expressed in white fat cell progenitors, PRDM16 activates a robust brown fat phenotype including induction of PGC-1alpha, UCP1, and type 2 deiodinase (Dio2) expression and a remarkable increase in uncoupled respiration. T ...[more]