Evidence for increased thermogenesis in female C57BL/6J mice housed aboard the international space station

Abstract Sixteen-week-old female C57BL/6J mice were sacrificed aboard the International Space Station after 37 days of flight (RR-1 mission) and frozen carcasses returned to Earth. RNA was isolated from interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) and gonadal white adipose tissue (WAT). Spaceflight resu...

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Main Authors: Carmen P. Wong, Urszula T. Iwaniec, Russell T. Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:npj Microgravity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-021-00150-y