Article ; Online: Brown adipocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells-how far have we come?
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2019 Volume 1463, Issue 1, Page(s) 9–22
Abstract: A global increase in the number of individuals who are either overweight or obese is leading to a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Behavioral interventions for the treatment of obesity have yet to deliver desired outcomes, thus introducing a ... ...
Abstract | A global increase in the number of individuals who are either overweight or obese is leading to a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Behavioral interventions for the treatment of obesity have yet to deliver desired outcomes, thus introducing a pressing need for molecular- and cellular-based therapies. Excess energy from food is stored in the form of triglycerides in white adipose tissue, which expands during weight gain and can lead to insulin resistance and T2D. By contrast, brown adipose tissue (BAT) releases energy from metabolic substrates in the form of heat and secretes factors that can reverse metabolic disease by acting systemically. Therefore, the ability to increase BAT activity is a promising approach to improve energy balance and metabolic homeostasis. Methods are now being developed to generate brown adipocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), which would (1) provide an unlimited source of cellular material to study human brown adipogenesis, and (2) could be used to develop drug- and cell-based therapies for the treatment of metabolic complications associated with obesity. This article reviews basic BAT biology and details the current progress toward developing brown adipocytes from hiPSCs. |
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MeSH term(s) | Adipocytes, Brown/physiology ; Adipogenesis/physiology ; Adipose Tissue, Brown/cytology ; Adipose Tissue, Brown/physiology ; Animals ; Cell Differentiation/physiology ; Cells, Cultured ; Humans ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/physiology ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/transplantation |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2019-10-01 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 211003-9 |
ISSN | 1749-6632 ; 0077-8923 |
ISSN (online) | 1749-6632 |
ISSN | 0077-8923 |
DOI | 10.1111/nyas.14257 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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