“…Several TFs and activating cofactors are shown to have negative effects on beige/brown fat formation and function including Hes1 [ 122 ], Irx3 [ 123 ], Irx5 [ 123 ], Rip140 [ 124 , 125 , 126 ], Tle3 [ 127 ], Zfp423 [ 128 , 129 ], Hoxc8 [ 130 ], Hoxc10 [ 131 ], Twist1 [ 132 ], Foxa3 [ 133 , 134 ], Foxo1 [ 135 , 136 ], Foxp1 [ 137 ], Rb [ 138 ], Src2 (Tif2), Smad3 [ 139 ], Usf1 [ 140 ], Mrtfa [ 141 ], Lxr [ 142 ], and P107 [ 143 , 144 , 145 ]. Transcriptional repressors such as Ctbp1 and Ctbp2 [ 90 , 146 ] suppress the WAT gene expression and promote the browning of WAT.…”