title: Gut Microbiota Cool-Down Burning Fat! The Immune Hypothesis.
abstract: Obesity is characterized by gut microbiota dysbiosis and reduced thermogenic activity of brown adipose tissue. A recent study reveals that gut microbiota hampers the emergence of thermogenic brown fat cells named beige cells within white fat depots via a mechanism that involves the control of macrophages and eosinophil infiltration.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Toulouse, France; Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1048, Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires (I2MC), Team 2 : 'Intestinal Risk Factors, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia' F-31432 Toulouse Cedex 4, France. Electronic address: Remy.burcelin@inserm.fr.
authors.forename: Remy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burcelin
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Toulouse, France; Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1048, Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires (I2MC), Team 2 : 'Intestinal Risk Factors, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia' F-31432 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pomié
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism*; D052436:Adipose Tissue, White / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D064307:Microbiota; D009765:Obesity / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: beige fat; gut microbiota; obesity; type 2 immune response