Nielsen Group

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The primary aim of the Nielsen Group at the Center for Physical Activity Research (CFAS) is to investigate the acute metabolic functions of long, non-coding RNA in human brown and white adipose tissue. We use a translational approach to study the mechanism behind the activation of brown fat and the "browning" of white fat. By isolating stem cells from brown and white fat from people with different metabolic profiles or from people exposed to cold, we hope to identify specific regulators of brown fat.

Read more about the research at CFAS here.

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Adipogenic and SWAT cells separate from a common progenitor in human brown and white adipose depots (more…)

Nature Metabolism, 2023

Proteomics-Based Comparative Mapping of the Secretomes of Human Brown and White Adipocytes Reveals EPDR1 as a Novel Batokine (more…)

Nature Metabolism, vol. 2, 397–412, 2020

Cell Metabolism, vol. 30, 963-975, 2019

Human thermogenic adipocyte regulation by the long noncoding RNA LINC00473 (more…)