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SUBMITTER: Hartig SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3763992 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hartig Sean M SM Feng Qin Q Ochsner Scott A SA Xiao Rui R McKenna Neil J NJ McGuire Sean E SE He Bin B
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 20130406 2
Androgens regulate body composition by interacting with the androgen receptor (AR) to control gene expression in a tissue-specific manner. To identify novel regulatory roles for AR in preadipocytes, we created a 3T3-L1 cell line stably expressing human AR. We found AR expression is required for androgen-mediated inhibition of 3T3-L1 adipogenesis. This inhibition is characterized by decreased lipid accumulation, reduced expression of adipogenic genes, and induction of genes associated with osteob ...[more]