Open AccessFrom white to brown fat through the PGC-1α-dependent myokine irisin: implications for diabetes and obesity
Author(s) -
Jorge Iván Castillo-Quan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
disease models and mechanisms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.327
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1754-8411
pISSN - 1754-8403
DOI - 10.1242/dmm.009894
Subject(s) - myokine , endocrinology , medicine , diabetes mellitus , white (mutation) , obesity , biology , biochemistry , gene , skeletal muscle
Summary and comment on a recent Nature paper entitled ‘A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis’ (Boström et al., 2012).
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