| Literature DB >> 19041761 |
Kye Won Park1, Daniel S Halperin, Peter Tontonoz.
Abstract
Adipose tissue mass can expand throughout adult life. Therefore, proliferative adipocyte precursor cells must stand at the ready to respond to increased demand for energy storage. Recent provocative studies have identified discrete immature cell populations from which brown and white adipocytes are derived. This work not only brings fundamental insight into adipose tissue formation but also provides new tools to study how adipogenesis is regulated in pathological conditions such as obesity and diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19041761 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2008.11.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287