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Brown adipose tissue and glucose homeostasis – the link between climate change and the global rise in obesity and diabetes (2018)
Journal Article
Symonds, M. E., Farhat, G., Aldiss, P., Pope, M., & Budge, H. (2019). Brown adipose tissue and glucose homeostasis – the link between climate change and the global rise in obesity and diabetes. Adipocyte, 8(1), 46-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/21623945.2018.1551689

There is increasing evidence that the global rise in temperature is contributing to the onset of diabetes, which could be mediated by a concomitant reduction in brown fat activity. Brown (and beige) fat are characterised as possessing a unique mitoch... Read More about Brown adipose tissue and glucose homeostasis – the link between climate change and the global rise in obesity and diabetes.

The Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes on Markers of Folate Metabolism in the Placenta (2018)
Journal Article
Martino, J., Segura, M., García-Valdés, L., Padilla, M., Rueda, R., McArdle, H., …Campoy, C. (2018). The Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes on Markers of Folate Metabolism in the Placenta. Nutrients, 10(11), Article 1750. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111750

Dietary methyl donors, including folate, may modify the placenta and size at birth but the influence of maternal body weight has not been widely investigated. We therefore examined whether maternal or fetal folate status, together with indices of pla... Read More about The Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes on Markers of Folate Metabolism in the Placenta.

Recent advances in our understanding of brown and beige adipose tissue: the good fat that keeps you healthy (2018)
Journal Article
Symonds, M. E., Aldiss, P., Pope, M., & Budge, H. (2018). Recent advances in our understanding of brown and beige adipose tissue: the good fat that keeps you healthy. F1000Research, 7, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14585.1

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) possesses a unique uncoupling protein (UCP1) which, when activated, enables the rapid generation of heat and the oxidation of lipids or glucose or both. It is present in small amounts (~15–350 mL) in adult humans. UCP1 is r... Read More about Recent advances in our understanding of brown and beige adipose tissue: the good fat that keeps you healthy.

Transcriptional analysis of adipose tissue during development reveals depot-specific responsiveness to maternal dietary supplementation (2018)
Journal Article
Fainberg, H. P., Birtwistle, M., Alagal, R., Alhaddad, A., Pope, M., Davies, G., …Symonds, M. E. (2018). Transcriptional analysis of adipose tissue during development reveals depot-specific responsiveness to maternal dietary supplementation. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27376-3

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) undergoes pronounced changes after birth coincident with the loss of the BAT-specifc uncoupling protein (UCP)1 and rapid fat growth. The extent to which this adaptation may vary between anatomical locations remains unknown,... Read More about Transcriptional analysis of adipose tissue during development reveals depot-specific responsiveness to maternal dietary supplementation.

Low temperature exposure induces browning of bone marrow stem cell derived adipocytes in vitro (2018)
Journal Article
Velickovic, K., Lugo-Leija, H. A., Bloor, I., Law, J., Sacks, H., Symonds, M. E., & Sottile, V. (2018). Low temperature exposure induces browning of bone marrow stem cell derived adipocytes in vitro. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 4974. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23267-9

Brown and beige adipocytes are characterised as expressing the unique mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP)1 for which the primary stimulus in vivo is cold exposure. The extent to which cold-induced UCP1 activation can also be achieved in vitro, and... Read More about Low temperature exposure induces browning of bone marrow stem cell derived adipocytes in vitro.