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ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 160, Issue 10, Pages 2314-2325Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00337
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- US National Institutes of Health (NIH) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [R01DK077097, R01DK102898, P30DK036836]
- US Army Medical Research [W81XWH-17-1-0428]
- NIH [F32DK102320, K01DK111714, T32DK007260]
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Adaptive thermogenesis is a catabolic process that consumes energy-storing molecules and expends that energy as heat in response to environmental changes. This process occurs primarily in brown and beige adipose tissue. Thermogenesis is regulated by many factors, including lipid derived paracrine and endocrine hormones called lipokines. Recently, technologic advances for identifying new lipid biomarkers of thermogenic activity have shed light on a diverse set of lipokines that act through different pathways to regulate energy expenditure. In this review, we highlight a few examples of lipokines that regulate thermogenesis. The biosynthesis, regulation, and effects of the thermogenic lipokines in several families are reviewed, including oloeylethanolamine, endocannabinoids, prostaglandin E2, and 12,13-diHOME. These thermogenic lipokines present potential therapeutic targets to combat states of excess energy storage, such as obesity and related metabolic disorders.
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