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SUBMITTER: Lee KY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3206000 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Kevin Y KY Gesta Stephane S Boucher Jeremie J Wang Xiaohui L XL Kahn C Ronald CR
Cell metabolism 20111001 4
In obesity, adipocytes distant from vasculature become hypoxic and dysfunctional. This hypoxic response is mediated by hypoxia-inducible factors (Hif1α, Hif2α, and Hif3α) and their obligate partner, Hif1β (Arnt). We show that mice lacking Hif1β in fat (FH1βKO) are lean, exhibit reduced adipocyte size, and are protected from age- and diet-induced glucose intolerance. There is also reduced Vegf and vascular permeability in FH1βKO fat, but diet-induced inflammation and fibrosis is unchanged. Adipoc ...[more]