Gastric Bypass Sensitizes Sympathetic and Thermogenic Activity of Brown Adipose Tissue to Cold Exposure

Yi Chu; Liping Tian; Hussein Herz; Benjamin Linden; Donald A Morgan; Meghan C Naber; Matthew Potthoff; Kamal Rahmouni; Mohamad Mokadem

doi:10.1007/s11695-021-05560-1

Gastric Bypass Sensitizes Sympathetic and Thermogenic Activity of Brown Adipose Tissue to Cold Exposure

Obes Surg. 2021 Oct;31(10):4653-4656. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05560-1. Epub 2021 Jul 15.

Authors

Yi Chu¹, Liping Tian¹, Hussein Herz¹, Benjamin Linden¹, Donald A Morgan², Meghan C Naber², Matthew Potthoff^{2

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4}, Kamal Rahmouni^{1

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5}, Mohamad Mokadem^{6

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9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
² Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
³ Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
⁴ Obesity Research & Education Initiative, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 4570, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
⁵ Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. mohamad-mokadem@uiowa.edu.
⁷ Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. mohamad-mokadem@uiowa.edu.
⁸ Obesity Research & Education Initiative, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 4570, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. mohamad-mokadem@uiowa.edu.
⁹ Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. mohamad-mokadem@uiowa.edu.

Abstract

Keywords: Brown adipose tissue; Cold exposure; Gastric bypass; Sympathetic nerve activity; Thermogenesis.

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue, Brown
Adipose Tissue, White
Cold Temperature
Gastric Bypass*
Humans
Obesity, Morbid* / surgery
Thermogenesis

Abstract

MeSH terms

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