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The GIP receptor activates futile calcium cycling in white adipose tissue to increase energy expenditure and drive weight loss in mice.
The GIP receptor activates futile calcium cycling in white adipose tissue to increase energy expenditure and drive weight loss in mice. Cell Metab. 2025 Jan 07; 37(1):187-204.e7.
PMID: 39642881

The extracellular vesicle transcriptome provides tissue-specific functional genomic annotation relevant to disease susceptibility in obesity.
The extracellular vesicle transcriptome provides tissue-specific functional genomic annotation relevant to disease susceptibility in obesity. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 18.
PMID: 39606385

Development of a functional beige fat cell line uncovers independent subclasses of cells expressing UCP1 and the futile creatine cycle.
Development of a functional beige fat cell line uncovers independent subclasses of cells expressing UCP1 and the futile creatine cycle. Cell Metab. 2024 Sep 03; 36(9):2146-2155.e5.
PMID: 39084217

Protocol for flow cytometry-assisted single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human and mouse adipose tissue with sample multiplexing.
Protocol for flow cytometry-assisted single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human and mouse adipose tissue with sample multiplexing. STAR Protoc. 2024 Mar 15; 5(1):102893.
PMID: 38416649

Author Correction: A single-cell atlas of human and mouse white adipose tissue.
Author Correction: A single-cell atlas of human and mouse white adipose tissue. Nature. 2023 Aug; 620(7973):E14.
PMID: 37495702

Exploring the heterogeneity of white adipose tissue in mouse and man.
Exploring the heterogeneity of white adipose tissue in mouse and man. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2023 06; 80:102045.
PMID: 37094486

Architecture of the outbred brown fat proteome defines regulators of metabolic physiology.
Architecture of the outbred brown fat proteome defines regulators of metabolic physiology. Cell. 2022 11 23; 185(24):4654-4673.e28.
PMID: 36334589

Hepatic IRF3 fuels dysglycemia in obesity through direct regulation of Ppp2r1b.
Hepatic IRF3 fuels dysglycemia in obesity through direct regulation of Ppp2r1b. Sci Transl Med. 2022 03 23; 14(637):eabh3831.
PMID: 35320000

A single-cell atlas of human and mouse white adipose tissue.
A single-cell atlas of human and mouse white adipose tissue. Nature. 2022 03; 603(7903):926-933.
PMID: 35296864

Mesothelial cells are not a source of adipocytes in mice.
Mesothelial cells are not a source of adipocytes in mice. Cell Rep. 2021 07 13; 36(2):109388.
PMID: 34260927

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