Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and the control of adipogenesis

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 212-218

  Brun, Regina P ^a   Kim, Jae B ^a   Hu, Erding ^a   Spiegelman, Bruce M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HORMONES; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROBODIES; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030842027     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199708000-00004     Document Type: Review

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