Understanding the variegation of fat: Novel regulators of adipocyte differentiation and fat tissue biology

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1842, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 352-357

  Mueller, Elisabetta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brite beige fat cells; Brown fat; PPARgamma; Transcriptional regulators; White adipose depots; White fat browning

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY B CELL FACTOR; EVI1 PROTEIN; HISTONE H3K9 METHYLTRANSFERASE G9A; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PRDM16 PROTEIN; TLE3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZFP423 PROTEIN; ZFP521 PROTEIN; ZNF638 PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

BRITE/BEIGE FAT CELLS; BROWN FAT; PPARGAMMA; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS; WHITE ADIPOSE DEPOTS; WHITE FAT BROWNING;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICE; PPAR GAMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893682619     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: 1879260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.05.031     Document Type: Review

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