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Isolation and Differentiation of Stromal Vascular Cells to Beige/Brite Cells
Published on: March 28, 2013
Transient inflammatory signaling promotes beige adipogenesis
Kai Sun1, Zhanguo Gao1, Mikhail G Kolonin2
1Center for Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abstract:
Inflammatory signaling has been implicated in adipose tissue remodeling and metabolism. In this issue of Science Signaling, Babaei et al report that lipolysis induced by β3-adrenergic signaling triggers transient inflammation that directs progenitor cells toward beige adipogenesis.
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