Adipocytes are the defining cell type of adipose tissue. Once considered a passive
participant in energy storage, adipose tissue is now recognized as a dynamic organ that …

Understanding adipogenesis, the process of adipocyte development, may provide new ways
to treat obesity and related metabolic diseases. Adipogenesis is controlled by coordinated …

Recent advances regarding the biology of adipose tissue have identified the adipocyte as
an important mediator in many physiologic and pathologic processes regarding energy …

Studies from the past several years have revealed that adipogenesis is controlled by an
interplay of transcription factors, including members of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein …

The adipose cell is now known to play a complex role in energy homeostasis, energy
storage and signaling to other tissues concerning the state of energy balance. The past few …

The development of adipose tissue is a process which involves the concerted cooperation of
numerous transcription factors together with their coactivators and corepressors. The …

The obesity epidemic has focused attention on adipose tissue and the development of fat
cells (ie adipocytes), which is known as adipogenesis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated …

The formation of adipocytes during embryogenesis has been largely understudied.
However, preadipocytes appear to originate from multipotent mesenchymal stromal/stem …

Adipocytes are highly specialized cells that play a major role in energy homeostasis in
vertebrate organisms. Excess adipocyte size or number is a hallmark of obesity, which is …

Current evidence indcates that much of the regulation of adipocyte differentiation serves to
modulate a common adipogenic transcriptional control pathway, comprising members of the …