| Literature DB >> 28380368 |
Yong Chen1, Alexander Pfeifer2.
Abstract
Adipose tissue (AT) not only stores energy, but also secretes hormones and releases small vesicles known as exosomes. Thomou et al. (2017) now show that exosomes secreted by brown fat carry miRNAs that regulate the liver. Thus, AT exosomes might have therapeutic and diagnostic relevance for metabolic disorders.Entities:
Keywords: FGF21; biomarker; brown adipose tissue; exosomes; liver; microRNAs; white adipose tissue
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28380368 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.03.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287