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RNA-seq of age-associated transcriptome changes in brown adipose tissue

ABSTRACT: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays a central role in energy homeostasis through non-shivering thermogenesis. Besides, recent human studies using 18FDG-PET/CT imaging demonstrated that BAT acts as a significant metabolic-sink for glucose. Notably, these functions in BAT decrease with age: however what regulates this process remains poorly understood. To this end, we employed RNA-seq to identify the transcriptional changes in BAT of young and old mice.

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 3000

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Kazuki Tajima

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-7445 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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