Adipose tissue-derived neurotrophic factor 3 regulates sympathetic innervation and thermogenesis in adipose tissue

Activation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis increases energy expenditure and promotes weight loss in mice. Here the authors identify neurotrophic factor neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) as an adipokine that regulates sympathetic nervous system growth and innervation in adipose tissue and increases white a...

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Main Authors: Xin Cui, Jia Jing, Rui Wu, Qiang Cao, Fenfen Li, Ke Li, Shirong Wang, Liqing Yu, Gary Schwartz, Huidong Shi, Bingzhong Xue, Hang Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25766-2