Volume 25, No 2, Feb 2015

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 25 Issue 2, February 2015: 155-156

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Adenosine activates thermogenic adipocytes

Amy K Rines¹, Francisco Verdeguer¹ and Pere Puigserver¹

¹Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA Correspondence: Pere Puigserver,(pere_puigserver@dfci.harvard.edu)

Brown or beige fat activation can cause potent anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects. In a study recently published in Nature, Gnad et al. show that adenosine is a novel activator of brown and beige fat that acts through the A2A receptor.

10.1038/cr.2014.157

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