Re: Study Identifies Cells that Give Rise to Brown Fat

Wow, it would be great if this could be "productionized" for humans!

"Kurt" <kurtwheeling1965@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:651f0916-8b20-4b1d-bce3-44bcca4e372e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From the good people at Joslin:

http://www.joslin.org/news/study-identifies-cells-that-give-rise-to-brown-fat.html

(excerpt)

In a step toward novel weight-loss therapies, Joslin scientists
identify cells in mice that can be triggered to transform into energy-
burning brown fat

BOSTON – December 20, 2010 – In some adults, the white fat cells that
we all stockpile so readily are supplemented by a very different form
of fat—brown fat cells, which can offer the neat trick of burning
energy rather than storing it. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center,
which last year led the way in demonstrating an active role for brown
fat in adults, now have identified progenitor cells in mouse white fat
tissue and skeletal muscle that can be transformed into brown fat
cells.

“This finding opens up a whole new avenue for researchers working to
induce endogenous progenitor cells to differentiate into mature brown
fat cells,” says Yu-Hua Tseng, Ph.D., Joslin Investigator and senior
author on a paper describing the work published online in the journal
PNAS in the week of December 20, 2010.

“It’s particularly exciting because we found that some of these cells
are located in subcutaneous white fat, which could be a very
accessible source for them,” says Tseng, who is also Assistant
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.




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