Københavns Universitets Videoportal web@adm.ku.dk https://ku.23video.com da-dk Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Københavns Universitets Videoportal episodic no https://ku.23video.com/files/rv1.9/sitelogo.gif https://ku.23video.com http://video.ku.dk/photo/68883517/scientists-turn-up-calorie-burning <p>An exceptional receptor on the surface of brown fat cells drives calorie-burning without the need for an external signaling molecule. Mice genetically engineered to overproduce this receptor, GPR3, in brown fat were completely protected from metabolic disease despite being continuously fed a high caloric diet. The scientists behind this discovery at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), at the University of Copenhagen, believe their findings upend the current dogma describing how cell surface receptors work, while opening the door to new approaches for treating obesity.</p><p><a href="http://video.ku.dk/photo/68883517/scientists-turn-up-calorie-burning"><img src="http://video.ku.dk/64968568/68883517/d5837da66ad0818b034f061c718e9b4f/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.ku.dk/photo/68883517 Thu, 27 May 2021 17:00:00 GMT Scientists turn up calorie-burning in brown fat with a unique ‘on’ switch An exceptional receptor on the surface of brown fat cells drives calorie-burning without the need for an external signaling molecule. Mice genetically engineered to overproduce this receptor, GPR3, in brown fat were completely protected from metabolic disease despite being continuously fed a high caloric diet. The scientists behind this discovery at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), at the University of Copenhagen, believe their findings upend the current dogma describing how cell surface receptors work, while opening the door to new approaches for treating obesity. An exceptional receptor on the surface of brown fat cells drives calorie-burning without the need for an external signaling molecule. Mice genetically engineered to overproduce this receptor, GPR3, in brown fat were completely protected from... Københavns Universitets Videoportal 03:07 <p>An exceptional receptor on the surface of brown fat cells drives calorie-burning without the need for an external signaling molecule. Mice genetically engineered to overproduce this receptor, GPR3, in brown fat were completely protected from metabolic disease despite being continuously fed a high caloric diet. The scientists behind this discovery at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), at the University of Copenhagen, believe their findings upend the current dogma describing how cell surface receptors work, while opening the door to new approaches for treating obesity.</p><p><a href="http://video.ku.dk/photo/68883517/scientists-turn-up-calorie-burning"><img src="http://video.ku.dk/64968568/68883517/d5837da66ad0818b034f061c718e9b4f/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> bat brown fat CBMR cell metabolism obesity