PPARγ induces the insulin-dependent glucose transporter GLUT4 in the absence of C/EBPα during the conversion of 3T3 fibroblasts into adipocytes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-32

  Wu, Zhidan ^a,b   Xie, Yuhong ^a   Morrison, Ron F ^a   Bucher, Nancy L R ^a   Farmer, Stephen R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Antidiabetic drugs; Glucose transporter 4; Insulin action; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ADIPSIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN SIGMA; CIGLITAZONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ALPHA ADAPTIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; AP2A1 PROTEIN, BOS TAURUS; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT FACTOR D; COMPLEMENT FACTOR D, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SLC2A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VESICULAR TRANSPORT ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT SYSTEM; INSULIN RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

3T3 CELLS; ADAPTOR PROTEIN COMPLEX 2; ADAPTOR PROTEIN COMPLEX ALPHA SUBUNITS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPLEMENT FACTOR D; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031595111     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI1244     Document Type: Article

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