Forming functional fat: A growing understanding of adipocyte differentiation

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 722-734

  Cristancho, Ana G ^a   Lazar, Mitchell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT10B PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT5B PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PPAR GAMMA; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 80054911514     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3198     Document Type: Review

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