title: Thyroid hormones and browning of adipose tissue.
abstract: Thyroid hormone (TH) disorders are associated with profound changes in whole body energy metabolism. A major TH target is thermogenic brown adipose tissue (BAT), which can be stimulated directly through thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) expressed in brown adipocytes and indirectly, through TRs expressed in hypothalamic neurons. White adipose tissue (WAT) adopts BAT characteristics by a diverse range of stimuli in a process referred to as browning. It is now understood that TH also induce WAT browning through peripheral and central mechanisms. In this review, we discuss evidence from animal and human studies that TH disorders are associated with changes in both BAT thermogenesis and WAT browning, thereby influencing body temperature and body weight regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hankir
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Heiker
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fenske
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: Kerstin.krause@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism*; D052436:Adipose Tissue, White / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D022722:Thermogenesis; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D013963:Thyroid Hormones