{"id":181002,"date":"2024-01-21T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/main-regulator-for-the-bodys-oven-discovered"},"modified":"2024-01-21T10:25:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:25:03","slug":"main-regulator-for-the-bodys-oven-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/main-regulator-for-the-bodys-oven-discovered","title":{"rendered":"Main Regulator for the Body\u2019s \u2018Oven\u2019 discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/main-regulator-for-the-bodys-oven-discovered2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bonn researchers identify protein that increases the formation of good brown and beige fat. Brown fat cells convert energy into heat \u2014 a key to eliminating unwanted fat deposits. In addition, they also protect against cardiovascular diseases. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the Transdisciplinary Research Area \u201cLife &amp; Health\u201d at the University of Bonn have now identified the protein EPAC1 as a new pharmacological target to increase brown fat mass and activity. The long-term aim is to find medicines that support weight loss. The results of the study have now been published in the journal Nature Cell Biology.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity is defined as a pathological increase in white fat, and has become a major problem worldwide, with a greatly increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExercise and dieting are not enough to effectively and permanently shed the pounds,\u201d says corresponding author Prof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonn researchers identify protein that increases the formation of good brown and beige fat. Brown fat cells convert energy into heat \u2014 a key to eliminating unwanted fat deposits. In addition, they also protect against cardiovascular diseases. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the Transdisciplinary Research Area \u201cLife &amp; Health\u201d at the University [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}