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SUBMITTER: Shao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5832777 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shao Mengle M Vishvanath Lavanya L Busbuso Napoleon C NC Hepler Chelsea C Shan Bo B Sharma Ankit X AX Chen Shiuhwei S Yu Xinxin X An Yu A YA Zhu Yi Y Holland William L WL Gupta Rana K RK
Nature communications 20180301 1
Pathologic expansion of white adipose tissue (WAT) in obesity is characterized by adipocyte hypertrophy, inflammation, and fibrosis; however, factors triggering this maladaptive remodeling are largely unknown. Here, we test the hypothesis that the potential to recruit new adipocytes from Pdgfrβ<sup>+</sup> preadipocytes determines visceral WAT health in obesity. We manipulate levels of Pparg, the master regulator of adipogenesis, in Pdgfrβ<sup>+</sup> precursors of adult mice. Increasing the adi ...[more]