Submissions tagged with adipocytes
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Ablation of Galectin-12 Results in Enhanced Lipolysis and Reduced Adiposity in Mice
Aside from leptin, galectin-12 is the only other gene exclusively expressed in mouse adipose tissue, suggesting an important role in energy homeostasis. The breakdown of triglycerides, or lipolysis…
Received 06 May 2009 00:30 UTC; Posted 06 May 2009
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology
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Establishing a multicellular model by three-dimensional cell-assembly technique for metabolic syndrome
One of the major obstacles in developing multifunctional drugs for the metabolic syndrome (MS) is lack of in vitro models that capture more complex features of the disease. Here we give the first r…
Received 08 January 2008 00:55 UTC; Posted 08 January 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Pharmacology
