Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Association between thermogenic brown fat and genes under positive natural selection in circumpolar populations

Vol. 43, Article number: 19 (2024)

Yuka Ishida, Mami Matsushita, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Masayuki Saito & Kazuhiro Nakayama 

Adaptation to cold was essential for human migration across Eurasia. Non-shivering thermogenesis through brown adipose tissue (BAT) participates in cold adaptation because some genes involved in the differentiation and function of BAT exhibit signatures of positive natural selection in populations at high latitudes. Whether these genes are associated with the inter-individual variability in BAT thermogenesis remains unclear. In this study, we evaluated the potential associations between BAT activity and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate gene regions in East Asian populations.
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Sustained metabolic dysregulation and the emergence of diabetes: associations between HbA1c and metabolic syndrome components in Tunisian diabetic and nondiabetic groups 

Vol. 43, Article number: 18 (2024)

Adriana Wisniewski, Alicia M. DeLouize, Tian Walker, Somnath Chatterji, Nirmala Naidoo, Paul Kowal & J. Josh Snodgrass

Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been a major focus of research in recent decades as the prevalence of these conditions continues to rapidly increase globally. However, the timing and patterns of development from metabolic risk factors to disease states are less well understood and are especially critical to understand in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and populations undergoing epidemiological transitions.

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Journal of Physiological Anthropology (JPA) is the official journal of the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology. JPA is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on the physiological functions of modern mankind, with an emphasis on the physical and bio-cultural effects on human adaptability to the current environment.
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology Best Reviewer Award 2023 is awarded to:

・ Loh Ping Yeap (Kyushu University, Japan)

・ Dominika Kanikowska (Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland)

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Articles published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology since 1996 (volume 15) are open access and fully accessible from the following link.