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Creating a picture of brown fat with creatine-CEST

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Accurate assessment of brown fat thermogenesis by non-invasive means remains challenging. Writing in Nature Metabolism, Cai et al. leverage the futile creatine cycling characteristic of thermogenic adipocytes to show that a type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique sensitive to endogenous creatine levels faithfully tracks brown fat thermogenesis in rodents and in humans.

Source: Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2024.08.013

Author: Mohammed K. Hankir

Institution: Trinity College Dublin

Language: English

Topic: Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $7,030