Role of histone methylation and demethylation in adipogenesis and obesity

Organogenesis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Okamura, Masashi ^a,b   Inagaki, Takeshi ^a,c   Tanaka, Toshiya ^a   Sakai, Juro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Epigenetics; Histone lysine methyltransferase (HKMT); Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR); PR Set7; Setd8; Setdb1; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; WNT PROTEIN;

ADIPOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEMETHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953515715     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.6.1.11121     Document Type: Review

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