Movin' on up: adipocytes become regulators of nutrient homeostasis.
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Abstract
By locally infecting epididymal adipocytes of obese diabetic mice with the uncoupling protein-1 transgene, Yamada et al. (2006[this issue of Cell Metabolism]) unexpectedly induce leptin sensitivity with hypophagia and improvement in abnormal glucose and lipid abnormalities.
Medical subject headings
- Adipocytes
- Carrier Proteins
- Glucose
- Membrane Proteins