Monday Lecture Series
Monday, April 25, 2016
4:00 p.m., Carson Family Auditorium (CRC)
Paul Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Resnick, M.D., Assistant Professor and Head,
Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism,
The Rockefeller University
Molecular Regulation of Fat Cell Phenotype
Recommended Readings
Chi, J., & Cohen, P. (2016). The multifaceted roles of PRDM16: Adipose biology and beyond. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 27(1), 11-23. doi:10.1016/j.tem.2015.11.005
Cohen, P., Levy, J. D., Zhang, Y., Frontini, A., Kolodin, D. P., Svensson, K. J., … & Wu, J. (2014). Ablation of PRDM16 and beige adipose causes metabolic dysfunction and a subcutaneous to visceral fat switch. Cell, 156(1), 304-316. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.12.021
Cohen, P., & Spiegelman, B. M. (2015). Brown and beige fat: molecular parts of a thermogenic machine. Diabetes, 64(7), 2346-2351. doi: 10.2337/db15-0318
Kir, S., White, J. P., Kleiner, S., Kazak, L., Cohen, P., Baracos, V. E., & Spiegelman, B. M. (2014). Tumour-derived PTH-related protein triggers adipose tissue browning and cancer cachexia. Nature, 513(7516), 100-104. doi:10.1038/nature13528
