Garcia et al. also found reduced expression of Slc7a10 mRNA in beige adipocytes obtained from white inguinal adipose tissue of obesity-prone mice, following treatment of white adipocytes with the beiging stimulants rosiglitazone and thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) (Garcia et al., 2016). Here, SLC7A10 is linked to obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.