Adipogenesis: From stem cell to adipocyte

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 715-736

  Tang, Qi Qun ^a,b   Lane, M Daniel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMP; CEBP; lineage commitment; PPAR ; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; MICRORNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84861872697     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 15454509     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-052110-115718     Document Type: Article

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