Publication Date:
2017-06-01
Description:
Blocking FSH induces thermogenic adipose tissue and reduces body fat Nature 546, 7656 (2017). doi:10.1038/nature22342 Authors: Peng Liu, Yaoting Ji, Tony Yuen, Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy, Victoria E. DeMambro, Samarth Dhawan, Wahid Abu-Amer, Sudeh Izadmehr, Bin Zhou, Andrew C. Shin, Rauf Latif, Priyanthan Thangeswaran, Animesh Gupta, Jianhua Li, Valeria Shnayder, Samuel T. Robinson, Yue Eric Yu, Xingjian Zhang, Feiran Yang, Ping Lu, Yu Zhou, Ling-Ling Zhu, Douglas J. Oberlin, Terry F. Davies, Michaela R. Reagan, Aaron Brown, T. Rajendra Kumar, Solomon Epstein, Jameel Iqbal, Narayan G. Avadhani, Maria I. New, Henrik Molina, Jan B. van Klinken, Edward X. Guo, Christoph Buettner, Shozeb Haider, Zhuan Bian, Li Sun, Clifford J. Rosen & Mone Zaidi Menopause is associated with bone loss and enhanced visceral adiposity. A polyclonal antibody that targets the β-subunit of the pituitary hormone follicle-stimulating hormone (Fsh) increases bone mass in mice. Here, we report that this antibody sharply reduces adipose tissue in wild-type mice, phenocopying genetic haploinsufficiency
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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