Adipogenesis and metabolic health

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A Novel Serum Protein Similar to C1q, Produced Exclusively in Adipocytes

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Differential Significance of Plasma Visfatin Concentrations according to Adiposity in Children and Adolescents

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What we talk about when we talk about fat

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Dynamics of fat cell turnover in humans

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PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch

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Brown and beige fat: Development, function and therapeutic potential

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PPARγ Is Required for the Differentiation of Adipose Tissue In Vivo and In Vitro

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PPARγ Is Required for Placental, Cardiac, and Adipose Tissue Development

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Inhibition of Adipogenesis by Wnt Signaling

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Transcriptional control of adipocyte formation

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Forming functional fat: a growing understanding of adipocyte differentiation

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Leptin-Receptor-Expressing Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Represent the Main Source of Bone Formed by Adult Bone Marrow

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Mesenchymal progenitors distinct from satellite cells contribute to ectopic fat cell formation in skeletal muscle

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Obesity-associated improvements in metabolic profile through expansion of adipose tissue

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Adiponectin, a new member of the family of soluble defense collagens, negatively regulates the growth of myelomonocytic progenitors and the functions of macrophages

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Relationship between Adipocyte Size and Adipokine Expression and Secretion

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Tracking adipogenesis during white adipose tissue development, expansion and regeneration

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Twenty-four hour pattern of the episodic secretion of cortisol in normal subjects

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Mitochondrial H2O2 emission and cellular redox state link excess fat intake to insulin resistance in both rodents and humans

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Leptin-Replacement Therapy for Lipodystrophy

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Inhibition of ceramide synthesis ameliorates glucocorticoid-, saturated-fat-, and obesity-induced insulin resistance

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Identification of a Lipokine, a Lipid Hormone Linking Adipose Tissue to Systemic Metabolism

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Bone-marrow adipocytes as negative regulators of the haematopoietic microenvironment

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White Fat Progenitor Cells Reside in the Adipose Vasculature

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New role of bone morphogenetic protein 7 in brown adipogenesis and energy expenditure

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Metabolic Dysregulation and Adipose Tissue Fibrosis: Role of Collagen VI

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Adipokines in health and disease

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Leptin reverses insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus in mice with congenital lipodystrophy

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Adiponectin, Leptin, and Fatty Acids in the Maintenance of Metabolic Homeostasis through Adipose Tissue Crosstalk

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Brown and Beige Fat: Physiological Roles beyond Heat Generation

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Cross-Regulation of C/EBPα and PPARγ Controls the Transcriptional Pathway of Adipogenesis and Insulin Sensitivity

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Troglitazone increases the number of small adipocytes without the change of white adipose tissue mass in obese Zucker rats.

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Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote beiging of white adipose tissue and limit obesity

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Role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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Nuclear Receptor Expression Links the Circadian Clock to Metabolism

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JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age

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Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α Induces Fibrosis and Insulin Resistance in White Adipose Tissue

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Ablation of PRDM16 and Beige Adipose Causes Metabolic Dysfunction and a Subcutaneous to Visceral Fat Switch

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Eosinophils and Type 2 Cytokine Signaling in Macrophages Orchestrate Development of Functional Beige Fat

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Adipocyte Accumulation in the Bone Marrow during Obesity and Aging Impairs Stem Cell-Based Hematopoietic and Bone Regeneration

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The Forkhead Transcription Factor Foxo1 Regulates Adipocyte Differentiation

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Control of brown and beige fat development

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Mitochondrial Complex III ROS Regulate Adipocyte Differentiation

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Adipocyte inflammation is essential for healthy adipose tissue expansion and remodeling

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Adipocyte Turnover: Relevance to Human Adipose Tissue Morphology

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Adipocyte Lineage Cells Contribute to the Skin Stem Cell Niche to Drive Hair Cycling

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Increased Infiltration of Macrophages in Omental Adipose Tissue Is Associated With Marked Hepatic Lesions in Morbid Human Obesity

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Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age

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Integrative genomic analysis implicates limited peripheral adipose storage capacity in the pathogenesis of human insulin resistance

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Characterization of the adipocyte cellular lineage in vivo

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A Family with Severe Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Due to a Mutation in AKT2

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A Transgenic Mouse with a Deletion in the Collagenous Domain of Adiponectin Displays Elevated Circulating Adiponectin and Improved Insulin Sensitivity

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Brain and muscle Arnt-like protein-1 (BMAL1), a component of the molecular clock, regulates adipogenesis

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