Mitochondrial uncoupling: a key controller of biological processes in physiology and diseases

S Demine, P Renard, T Arnould - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial uncoupling can be defined as a dissociation between mitochondrial
membrane potential generation and its use for mitochondria-dependent ATP synthesis …

AMPK and the Endocrine Control of Metabolism

LK Townsend, GR Steinberg - Endocrine Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Complex multicellular organisms require a coordinated response from multiple tissues to
maintain whole-body homeostasis in the face of energetic stressors such as fasting, cold …

Housing temperature affects the acute and chronic metabolic adaptations to exercise in mice

GL McKie, KD Medak, CM Knuth… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Mice are commonly housed at room temperatures below their thermoneutral
zone meaning they are exposed to chronic thermal stress. Endurance exercise induces …

Exercise-induced adaptations to adipose tissue thermogenesis

P Vidal, KI Stanford - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Exercise training results in beneficial adaptations to numerous tissues and offers protection
against metabolic disorders including obesity and type 2 diabetes. Multiple studies have …

Thermogenic adipose tissue in energy regulation and metabolic health

S Xue, D Lee, DC Berry - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ability to generate thermogenic fat could be a targeted therapy to thwart obesity and
improve metabolic health. Brown and beige adipocytes are two types of thermogenic fat …

Housing temperature influences exercise training adaptations in mice

SH Raun, C Henriquez-Olguín, I Karavaeva… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Exercise training is a powerful means to combat metabolic diseases. Mice are extensively
used to investigate the benefits of exercise, but mild cold stress induced by ambient housing …

Differential remodeling of subcutaneous white and interscapular brown adipose tissue by long-term exercise training in aged obese female mice

E Félix-Soriano, N Sáinz, E Gil-Iturbe… - Journal of physiology …, 2023 - Springer
Obesity exacerbates aging-induced adipose tissue dysfunction. This study aimed to
investigate the effects of long-term exercise on inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) and …

Effect of temperature stress on gut-brain axis in mice: Regulation of intestinal microbiome and central NLRP3 inflammasomes

W Yi, J Cheng, Q Wei, R Pan, S Song, Y He… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Temperature stress was reported to impact the gut-brain axis including
intestinal microbiome and neuroinflammation, but the molecular markers involved remain …

High-saturated-fat diet-induced obesity causes hepatic interleukin-6 resistance via endoplasmic reticulum stress [S]

LK Townsend, KD Medak, WT Peppler, GM Meers… - Journal of Lipid …, 2019 - ASBMB
The relationship between liver interleukin-6 (IL-6) resistance following high-fat diet (HFD)-
induced obesity and glucose intolerance is unclear. The purpose of this study was to assess …

Loss of glucagon signaling alters white adipose tissue browning

LK Townsend, KD Medak, CM Knuth… - The FASEB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Various endocrine factors contribute to cold‐induced white adipose tissue (WAT) browning,
but glucagon has largely been ignored. The purpose of the current investigation was to …